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Diabetes Mellitus is a common condition in which there is inadequate control of blood glucose levels. People with diabetes produce a chemical called acetone, which can be found in their breath. We're looking at different ways to measure the amount of acetone in someone's breath to see if it's a reliable way to diagnose diabetes. This could be a simpler and less painful way to check for diabetes than the blood tests people usually take
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This page is a summary of: Acetone detection using various techniques for diagnosis of diabetes mellitus from human exhaled breath: A review, January 2024, American Institute of Physics,
DOI: 10.1063/5.0214527.
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