Epidemiological, clinical anf pathogenetic studies of acute intermittent porphyria

Porphyrias are inherited metabolic disorders characterised by an impairment of heme biosynthesis. Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is the most common of the acute porphyrias in Sweden. Acute attacks of AIP are characterised by neuro-psychiatric symptoms, including epileptic seizures. Environmental...

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Main Author: Bylesjö, Ingemar
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för folkhälsa och klinisk medicin 2008
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1489
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