Maturity-onset diabetes of the young type 5, presenting as diabetic ketoacidosis with alkalemia: A report of a case.

A 34-year-old man visited our Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan, because of dry mouth and weight loss. His plasma glucose level was 32.8 mmol/L and serum levels of ketone bodies were increased, but with metabolic alkalemia.