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Propranolol in acute intermittent porphyria [PDF]

Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1979
Summary Twenty cases of acute intermittent porphyria were studied during the acute phase. Cardiovascular manifestations were noted in all the cases, with tachycardia in 20 and with hypertension in 17. Propranolol in doses ranging from 20–200 mg was given to all the cases and produced adequate control of tachycardia and hypertension.
A S, Menawat, R B, Panwar, D K, Kochar, C K, Joshi   +3 more
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Biochemical and hematological analysis in acute intermittent porphyria (AIP): a case report

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2013
Acute intermittent porphyria is the most common acute porphyria caused by a decrease in hepatic porphobilinogen deaminase activity, resulting in an accumulation of delta-aminolevulinic acid and porphobilinogen.
ANNA R.R. DOS SANTOS, RAFAELA R. DE ALBUQUERQUE, MARIA J.R. DORIQUI, GRACIOMAR C. COSTA, ANA PAULA S.A. DOS SANTOS   +4 more
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Acute Intermittent Porphyria, Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome and Hypertensive Emergency, A Review of The Literature

Egyptian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 2020
Acute intermittent porphyria is an autosomal dominant inborn error characterized by decreased activity of porphobilinogen deaminase leading to increased levels of haem precursors, namely aminolevulinic acid and porphobilinogen.
Mohamed A. Ahmed, Mahmoud Abdelnabi, Abdallah Almaghraby   +2 more
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19-year-old female with abdominal pain [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Neurology, 2013
Porphyria is a group of at least 8 diseases that differ greatly between them. Common feature of these diseases is the accumulation in the body of porphyrins or porphyrin precursors, due to defects of specific enzymes in the biosynthesis of heme.
Ioan Buraga, Adrian-Florin Dobrescu
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Anesthesia for hemicolectomy in a known porphyric with cecal malignancy

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2015
Intraoperative management of a known acute intermittent porphyria patient is a challenge requiring awareness of factors, which trigger an acute crisis, clinical features of a porphyric attack, knowledge of safe pharmacologic intervention, and ...
B K Naithani, Shagun Bhatia Shah, A K Bhargava, Vivek Batra   +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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The diagnosis and management of porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT)

South African Family Practice, 2009
The porphyrias are a group of disorders in which excessive quantities of porphyrins or their precursors are produced. They are due to abnormalities in the control of the porphyrin-haem metabolic pathway.
Mojakgomo H. Motswaledi
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Acute porphyrias – A neurological perspective

Brain and Behavior, 2021
Acute hepatic porphyrias (AHP) can cause severe neurological symptoms involving the central, autonomic, and peripheral nervous system. Due to their relative rarity and their chameleon‐like presentation, delayed diagnosis and misdiagnosis are common. AHPs
Lea M. Gerischer, Franziska Scheibe, Astrid Nümann, Martin Köhnlein, Ulrich Stölzel, Andreas Meisel   +5 more
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Acute intermittent porphyria in childhood

Jornal de Pediatria, 1999
OBJECTIVE: Porphyries are metabolic disorders of the haem biosynthetic pathway. They result from excessive accumulation of neurotoxic porphyrin precursors. Unlike the majority of Inherited Metabolic Diseases, the porphyries manifest after puberty, and their occurrence in childhood is very rare.
N D, Azambuja, F R, Ruoso, M V, Loguércio   +2 more
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Lead Poisoning Revealed by Unexplained Abdominal Pain and Anemia in a Young Adult: A Diagnostic Challenge. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
ABSTRACT Lead poisoning should be considered in patients presenting with unexplained anemia and abdominal pain, even without clear environmental or occupational exposure. Recognizing classic signs such as Burton's line and basophilic stippling enables timely diagnosis and effective chelation therapy.
Eichler J, Albrecht S, Huber LC.
europepmc   +2 more sources