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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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Psychiatric Symptoms in Acute Intermittent Porphyria - Case Report and Course of Treatment Using Placebo [PDF]

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: a test of clinical acumen

Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 2017
Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare autosomal dominant hepatic porphyria due to deficiency of hydroxymethylbilane synthase (HMBS), also known as porphobilinogen deaminase leading to accumulation of porphyrin precursors.
Rashmi Dhital, Sijan Basnet, Dilli Ram Poudel, Khema Raj Bhusal   +3 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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Reversible Cerebral Vasospasm in Acute Intermittent Porphyria: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2022
The porphyrias are rare inherited diseases of heme biosynthesis which can involve the nervous system. The most common neurological manifestations of acute intermittent porphyria are autonomic visceral neuropathy, peripheral motor neuropathy, and central ...
Attout Hassene, Stephane Guez
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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 intermittent porphyria exacerbation following in vitro fertilization treatment

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2016
Objectives: Assisted reproductive technology is commonly used for women with infertility. We report a case of acute intermittent porphyria associated with in vitro fertilization treatment.
Geok Huey New, Pei-Yang Hsu, Meng-Hsing Wu   +2 more
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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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Acute Intermittent Porphyria in Childhood Presenting with Hypertensive Emergency and Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome

Journal of Pediatric Critical Care, 2016
Acute intermittent porphyria is an inherited metabolic disease due to deficiency of the enzyme porphobilinogen deaminase that can affect the autonomic, peripheral and central nervous system.
Rishab Bharadwaj, Pallavi P Dagli, Aasheeta S Shah   +2 more
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