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Acute intermittent porphyria in the puerperium [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2010
Introduction. Acute intermittent porphyria emerges as a result of partial defect of porphobilinogen deaminase and is manifested by repeated episodes of somatic, psychiatric and neurological disorders.
Sparić Radmila, Berisavac Ivana, Arsenijević Ljubica, Berisavac Milica, Dokić Milan, Savić Olivera, Ilić-Mostić Tatjana, Kadija Saša   +7 more
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Feigning Acute Intermittent Porphyria [PDF]

Case Reports in Psychiatry, 2014
Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is an autosomal dominant genetic defect in heme synthesis. Patients with this illness can have episodic life-threatening attacks characterized by abdominal pain, neurological deficits, and psychiatric symptoms. Feigning
Rania Elkhatib, Modupe Idowu, Gregory S. Brown, Yasmeen M. Jaber, Matthew B. Reid, Cheryl Person   +5 more
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Acute Intermittent Porphyria: Current Perspectives And Case Presentation

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2019
Zachary Spiritos,1 Shakirat Salvador,2 Diana Mosquera,3 Julius Wilder1,4 1Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; 2Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Vanderbilt ...
Spiritos Z, Salvador S, Mosquera D, Wilder J   +3 more
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Psychiatric Symptoms in Acute Intermittent Porphyria - Case Report and Course of Treatment Using Placebo

Journal of Education, Health and Sport
Introduction: Acute intermittent porphyria is a disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner, occurring with a frequency of 1:75,000 people.
Waldemar Kosiba, Dominika Prystacka-Szar, Jakub Siemko, Wojciech Kupczak   +3 more
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Acute Intermittent Porphyria Associated with Respiratory Failure: A Multidisciplinary Approach [PDF]

Critical Care Research and Practice, 2011
Despite being challenging, delivery of effective nursing care to patients with acute intermittent porphyria is a matter of utmost importance. In this paper, the diversity of symptoms and the difficult diagnosis of this condition are emphasized, and ...
Mayra Gonçalves Menegueti, Alkmim-Teixeira Gil Cezar, Karin Aparecida Casarini, Kátia Simone Muniz Cordeiro, Anibal Basile-Filho, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Maria Auxiliadora-Martins   +6 more
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Acute Intermittent Porphyria in a Man with Dual Enzyme Deficiencies

Case Reports in Genetics, 2020
Porphyrias are a heterogeneous group of metabolic disorders that result from the altered activity of specific enzymes of the heme biosynthetic pathway and are characterized by accumulation of pathway intermediates.
G. N. Cerbino, L. Abou Assali, L. S. Varela, L. Tomassi, A. Batlle, V. E. Parera, M. V. Rossetti   +6 more
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Cardiac calcification in acute intermittent porphyria

Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, 2011
Aetiology of pericardial calcifications can be multifactorial. Tuberculosis has been reported as the most common cause. Other known causes include uraemia, asbestosis, post-traumatic or postoperative.
Tanmoy Ghatak, Afzal Azim, Arvind K Baronia, Banani Poddar   +3 more
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Post- Partum Acute Intermittent Porphyria - A Case Report

The Indian Anaesthetists' Forum, 2010
Porphyrias are inherited disorders, each involving a specific enzyme in heme biosynthetic pathways. Acute intermittent porphyria, one of the hepatic porphyria is the most severe form of the disease, with gastrointestinal and neuropsychiatric ...
Gaurav Tomar, Ashish Sethi, TC Kriplani, Neeraj Narang   +3 more
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An update of clinical management of acute intermittent porphyria

The Application of Clinical Genetics, 2015
Elena Pischik,1,2 Raili Kauppinen,11Porphyria Research Unit, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, University Central Hospital of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; 2Department of Neurology, Consultative and Diagnostic Centre with Polyclinics, St ...
Pischik E, Kauppinen R
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Acute Intermittent Porphyria Triggered by COVID-19 Mimicking Guillain-Barré Syndrome: A Diagnostic Challenge. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare heme biosynthesis disorder in which the accumulation of neurotoxic porphyrin precursors precipitates neurovisceral attacks. Intercurrent infections, including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), may trigger or exacerbate AIP and complicate diagnosis, as clinical manifestations can resemble those of
Sadeghi P, Ghahvechi Akbari M, Hassani SA, Alimadadi H, Heidari M, Ziaee V.   +5 more
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