Observations on Pentosuria in Neuromuscular Disorders

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Abstract
A pentose, probably d-ribose, was demonstrated in urine of patients with muscular dystrophy, myotonia dystrophica and myotonia congenita, but not in that of patients with muscle atrophy. Pentosuria giving characteristic osazones was also present in a few cases with conditions unrelated to muscle wasting or dystrophy. Benedict''s qualitative test was not sufficiently sensitive as a screening test to detect pentosuria in all tests.

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