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Illness Perception and Psychological Distress in Persons with Porphyria Cutanea Tarda [PDF]
Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) requires long-term treatment and follow-up, although many patients experience life-long remission. The aim of this cross-sectional postal survey was to describe and investigate the association between illness perception ...
Andersen, Janice +2 more
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Desensitization in patients with hypersensitivity to haem arginate: A case report
Background: Porphyria comprises a group of metabolic disorders caused by the irregular activities of enzymes within the haem biosynthetic pathway. This disease can provoke a large variety of symptoms.
Edgardo Chapman +3 more
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Inherited metabolic epilepsies–established diseases, new approaches
Abstract Inherited metabolic epilepsies (IMEs) represent the inherited metabolic disorders (IMDs) in which epilepsy is a prevailing component, often determining other neurodevelopmental outcomes associated with the disorder. The different metabolic pathways affected by individual IMEs are the basis of their rarity and heterogeneity.
Itay Tokatly Latzer, Phillip L. Pearl
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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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Iron Overload: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Monitoring
ABSTRACT Iron overload is associated with significant health risks, underscoring the importance of understanding its pathophysiology as well as establishing accurate diagnostic and monitoring methods. Chronic iron overload is associated with either genetic disorders characterized by excessive iron accumulation (hereditary hemochromatosis), or is ...
Elena Chatzikalil +3 more
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Acute porphyria presenting with hyperamylasemia [PDF]
An elevation of serum amylase and lipase has not been reported previously to occur with porphyria. In this report, we describe a patient who presented with the clinical and laboratory picture of pancreatitis: elevated amylase, lipase, amylase-creatinine ...
Alexander, Jeffrey A. +2 more
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This graphical abstract presents the key design and findings of a 30‐day trial evaluating the safety of fermented D‐allulose in healthy Chinese adults. Fifty eligible adults were randomized to receive either low‐dose (24 g/day, n = 24) or high‐dose (36 g/day, n = 26) D‐allulose for 30 days.
Lijuan Qi +10 more
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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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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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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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