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Levulosuria --> fructosuria

excretion of fructose in the urine.

Synonym: levulosuria.

Origin: fructose _ g. Ouron, urine

essential fructosuria, a benign, asymptomatic inborn error of metabolism due to deficiency of fructokinase, the first enzyme in the specific fructose pathway; fructose appears in the blood and urine, but is simply excreted unchanged; autosomal recessive inheritance. A fructokinase deficiency.

See: hereditary fructose intolerance.