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Drug-associated porphyria: a pharmacovigilance study
Background The potentially fatal attacks experienced by porphyria carriers are triggered by various porphyrinogenic drugs. However, determining the safety of particular drugs is challenging. Methods We retrospectively used the U.S.
Qi Wang +4 more
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Update on Menopause Hormone Therapy; Current Indications and Unanswered Questions
ABSTRACT Objective To provide clinicians involved in managing menopause with a summary of current evidence surrounding menopause hormone therapy (MHT). Design The authors evaluate and synthesize existing pooled evidence relating to MHT's clinical indications, efficacy, and safety and explore the limitations of existing data. Patients The review focuses
Annice Mukherjee, Susan R. Davis
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Background Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare but treatable disease. COVID-19 has various possible complications including posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES).
Hideo Handa +7 more
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High penetrance, recurrent attacks and thrombus formation in a family with hereditary coproporphyria
Hereditary coproporphyria (HCP) is the rarest of the autosomal dominant acute porphyrias with an estimated incidence of 0.02 per 10 million per year.
Cindy Towns +4 more
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Tolerability of hormonal treatments in acute hepatic porphyria patients
Abstract Background Acute hepatic porphyria (AHP) flares have been associated with female hormones and the use of hormonal treatments. Women with AHP are traditionally advised to avoid exogenous oestrogen and progesterone, limiting options for contraception and management of menorrhagia, dysmenorrhoea and menopausal symptoms.
Andjela Arandjelovic +2 more
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The porphyrias comprise a set of diseases, each representing an individual defect in one of the eight enzymes mediating the pathway of heme synthesis. The diseases are genetically distinct but have in common the overproduction of heme precursors. In the case of the acute (neurologic) porphyrias, the cause of symptoms appears to be overproduction of a ...
Bissell, D Montgomery, Wang, Bruce
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Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT) is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome. The effects of therapeutic ionizing radiation in patients with PCT are not well understood.
Sarah Z. Hazell +2 more
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ABSTRACT Background Complex regional pain syndrome type 1 (CRPS1) is a disabling pain syndrome whose treatment remains challenging. Mesotherapy is a therapeutic method involving the injection of low doses of active substances through the skin. No studies assessed mesotherapy in CRPS1 patients.
Philippe Lafuma +12 more
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ABSTRACT Background/Purpose Visible light (VL), and particularly high‐energy visible light (HEVL), reaching Earth's surface has emerged as a relevant contributor to skin damage. VL has been implicated in oxidative stress, inflammation, pigmentation disorders, and photoaging, especially in individuals with darker skin phototypes.
Azahara Rodríguez‐Luna +5 more
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ABSTRACT Radiation therapy (RT) is a mainstay of treatment for a myriad of cancers, often utilized for tumors that are unable to be resected, as well as an adjunct to surgery and chemotherapy. Unfortunately, many cancers are resistant to RT‐induced damage and subsequent cell death.
Joseph Carmicheal +4 more
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