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Disorders of Fructose Metabolism

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Two inborn errors are known in the specialized pathway of fructose metabolism depicted in Fig. 8.1. Essential fructosuria is a completely harmless anomaly characterized by the appearance of fructose in the urine after the intake of fructose-containing foods. In hereditary fructose intolerance (HFI), fructose provokes prompt gastrointestinal discomfort and hypoglycemia upon ingestion, although sensitivity varies from patient to patient; it may cause liver and kidney failure when taken persistently and becomes life threatening when given intravenously. Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) deficiency is usually also considered an inborn error of fructose metabolism although, strictly speaking, it is not a defect of the specialized fructose pathway. It is manifested by the appearance of hypoglycemia and lactic acidosis (neonatally or during fasting) and may also be life-threatening.

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  1. Veldweg 87, 8051 NP, Hattem, The Netherlands

    John Fernandes (Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics) (Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics)

  2. Hospital Necker-Enfants Malades, 149 Rue de Sevres, 75743, Paris Cedex 15, France

    Jean-Marie Saudubray

  3. Institute of Cellular Pathology, Université Catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 75, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    Georges Van den Berghe (Christian de Duve) (Christian de Duve)

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Van den Berghe, G. (2000). Disorders of Fructose Metabolism. In: Fernandes, J., Saudubray, JM., Van den Berghe, G. (eds) Inborn Metabolic Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04285-4_8

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