Acute Porphyria Presenting as Epilepsia Partialis Continua

Purpose: The porphyrias are a defect in the biosynthesis of heme which can be associated with different neurological symptoms during acute attacks such as peripheral neuropathy, mental disturbance and seizures. So far, there have only been a few case reports of status epilepticus, none of which were...

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Main Authors: Thi Phuoc Yen Tran, Karine Leduc, Martin Savard, Nicolas Dupré, Donald Rivest, Dang Khoa Nguyen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2013-06-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/353279