The Clinical Significance of Aminoaciduria

THE observation of an excess of amino acids in urine has received little attention from the clinician. In recent years clinical investigators have noted the finding in various conditions, usually obscure in character, and have attempted to clarify its meaning. In a few diseases the presence of aminoaciduria is leading to new concepts of the nature of the condition studied. Since it appears that aminoaciduria may have importance in the basic understanding of some pathologic processes, a review of current knowledge of the subject is undertaken.The amino acid nitrogen concentration of the plasma, which remains quite constant at 3 . . .