Benefits of prophylactic heme therapy in severe acute intermittent porphyria

Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP), an autosomal dominant inborn error of metabolism, is the most common and severe form of the acute porphyrias. Attacks of severe abdominal pain, often with hypertension, tachycardia, are cardinal features of AIP, often requiring hospital admissions. Frequent recurr...

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Main Authors: Pradeep Yarra, Denise Faust, Mary Bennett, Sean Rudnick, Herbert L. Bonkovsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214426918301289