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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 this illness has not been reported in the English language literature to date. Here, we report on a
Rania Elkhatib, Modupe Idowu, Gregory S. Brown, Yasmeen M. Jaber, Matthew B. Reid, Cheryl Person   +5 more
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Evaluating the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System scales in acute intermittent porphyria. [PDF]

, 2020
PurposeAcute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare inborn error of heme biosynthesis characterized by life-threatening acute attacks. Few studies have assessed quality of life (QoL) in AIP and those that have had small sample sizes and used tools that ...
Anderson, Karl E, Balwani, Manisha, Bissell, D Montgomery, Bonkovsky, Herbert L, Desnick, Robert J, Erwin, Angelika, Keel, Siobán, Levy, Cynthia, McGuire, Brendan, Montgomery, Guy H, Naik, Hetanshi, Overbey, Jessica R, Phillips, John D, Wang, Bruce, Winkel, Gary   +14 more
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Acute intermittent porphyria

Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2015
17-year-old female, came with complaints of abdominal pain, vomitings, hypertension. Three days before admission she developed severe abdominal pain, backache and generalised body pains with extreme weakness. These symptoms worsened over 3 days, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and emotional instability [1]. Her medical history is notable for 6 similar
Syal, Kartik, Bhatt, Rashmi, Singh, Surinder, Ohri, Anil   +3 more
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Acute intermittent porphyria [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1967
These discussions are selected from the weekly staff conferences in the Department of Medicine, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco. Taken from transcriptions, they are prepared by Drs. Martin J. Cline and Hibbard E. Williams, Assistant Professors of Medicine, under the direction of Dr. Lloyd H.
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Acute Hepatic Porphyrias: Review and Recent Progress. [PDF]

, 2019
The acute hepatic porphyrias (AHPs) are a group of four inherited diseases of heme biosynthesis that present with episodic, acute neurovisceral symptoms.
Andant, Anderson, Andersson, Badawy, Balwani, Bissell, Bissell, Bloomer, Bonkovsky, Bonkovsky, Bonkovsky, Bonkovsky, Bonkowsky, Bonkowsky, Bonkowsky, Bylesjo, Chen, D’Avola, Ferrer, Glueck, Handschin, Jeans, Lambrecht, Lane, Marsden, McGuire, Pallet, Sardh, Sardh, Shen, Singal, Stein, Stewart, Tchernitchko, Wahlin, Watson, Watson, Willandt, Wu, Yarra, Yasuda   +40 more
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Evaluation of a commercially available rapid urinary porphobilinogen test [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Demonstration of substantially increased urinary excretion of porphobilinogen is the cornerstone of diagnosing acute porphyria crisis. Because porphobilinogen testing is not implemented on clinical chemistry analysers, respective analyses are
Buttery JE, Deacon AC, Mauzerall D, Pierach CA, Schreiber WE   +4 more
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Porphyrias associated with malignant tumors: Results of treatment with ionizing irradiation [PDF]

, 2001
Background: Porphyrin metabolism disorders, known as porphyria, represent inherited or acquired diseases. The development of porphyria due to light sensibility occurs especially with exposure to wavelengths in the range of 300-700 nm.
Dühmke, Eckhart, Panzer, M., Schaffer, Moshe, Schaffer, Pamela Manuela, Wilkowski, R.   +4 more
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Urinary porphyrin excretion in hepatitis C infection [PDF]

, 1999
A high prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in porphyria cutanea tarda in some populations suggests a close link between viral hepatitis and alteration of porphyrin metabolism.
Jacob, Karl, Vogeser, Michael, Zachoval, Reinhart   +2 more
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Acute Intermittent Porphyria: Pathophysiology and Treatment [PDF]

, 1984
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/90337/1/j.1875-9114.1984.tb03340.x ...
Anderson, Badawy, Battersby, Berman, Bickers, Bonkowsky, Bonkowsky, Bonkowsky, Bonkowsky, Bonkowsky, Bottomley, Cavanagh, Cowger, Dhar, Dhar, Disler, Doss, Douer, Eales, Eales, Elsman, Eyck, Felsher, Giger, Granick, Granick, Hanstein, Hellman, Heubel, Kappas, Kappas, Lamon, Lamon, Liem, Ludwig, Magnussen, Magnussen, Massey, Matteis, Mauzerall, McColl, McColl, Menawat, Moore, Moore, Morris, Muller-Eberhard, Muller-Eberhard, Muller-Eberhard, Mustajoki, Nielsen, Nyman, Ohnhaus, Parikh, Pass, Perlroth, Peterson, Reynolds, Ridley, Rifkind, Rizk, Rose, Snyder, Stein, Strand, Sweeny, Tait, Treece, Tschudy, Tschudy, Tschudy, Verneuil, Watson, Watson, Watson, Welland, Wetterberg   +76 more
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Experiences and concerns of patients with recurrent attacks of acute hepatic porphyria: A qualitative study [PDF]

, 2016
Background: The acute hepatic porphyrias (AHPs) are rare inborn errors of heme biosynthesis, characterized clinically by life-threatening acute neurovisceral attacks.
Balwani, M, Desnick, RJ, Naik, H, Sanderson, SC, Stoecker, M   +4 more
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