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Porphyria and pregnancy. Review of 17 women Porfiria y embarazo
(2008)
Background: Hormonal changes, prolonged fasting due to vomiting and some medications used during pregnancy, may cause an acute crisis of porphyria, sometimes unveiling a latent disease. Porphyria may also affect the evolution ...
Case for diagnosis. Sclerodermiform manifestations of porphyria cutanea tarda secondary to hepatitis C
(Soc Brasileira Dermatologia, 2019-07-01)
A 63-year-old black female patient with blisters and exulcerations on the face, neck, upper limbs, and subsequent evolution with hypochromic sclerotic areas and alopecia, is reported. Chronic hepatitis C and presence of ...
Porfiria y embarazo
(Sociedad Médica de Santiago, 2008)
An odd case of heteroallelic Acute Intermittent Porphyria in the Argentinean Population
(C M B Assoc, 2013-03)
AIP is an acute liver disorder caused by a deficiency of porphobilinogen deaminase (PBGD) characterized by neuroabdominal symptoms. It is an autosomal dominant disease. However, homozygous dominant AIP (HD-AIP) have been ...
Clinical, biochemical, and genetic characterization of acute hepatic porphyrias in a cohort of Argentine patients
(John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2019-06)
Background: Acute Hepatic Porphyrias (AHPs) are characterized by an acute neuroabdominal syndrome including both neuropsychiatric symptoms and neurodegenerative changes. Two main hypotheses explain the pathogenesis of ...
The hepatic porphyrias: experience with 105 cases
(1992)
Hepatic porphyria is a rare metabolic syndrome caused by abnormal enzyme activity in heme biosynthesis. Between 1974 and 1991; 105 patients have met criteria for diagnosis of hepatic porphyria based on typical clinical ...
Acute Intermittent Porphyria Associated with Respiratory Failure: A Multidisciplinary Approach
(Oxford University Press, 2014)
Study of direct immunofluorescence, immunofluorescence mapping and light microscopy in porphyria cutanea tarda
(SOC BRASILEIRA DERMATOLOGIA, 2010)
BACKGROUND: Even though porphyria cutanea tarda is the most frequent type of porphyria, there are few studies about its cutaneous physiopathology. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate skin changes in porphyria cutanea tarda using light ...
Porfiria y embarazo
(SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2008-02)
Hormonal changes, prolonged fasting due to
vomiting and some medications used during pregnancy, may cause an acute crisis of
porphyria, sometimes unveiling a latent disease. Porphyria may also affect the evolution ...
Acute Intermittent Porphyria in Argentina: An Update
(Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2015-04)
Porphyrias are a group of metabolic diseases that arise from deficiencies in the heme biosynthetic pathway. A partial deficiency in Hydroxymethylbilane synthase (HMBS) produces the hepatic disorder named Acute Intermittent ...