Ostre porfirie wątrobowe: rozpoznanie, leczenie, czynniki wywołujące atak choroby

© Borgis - Postępy Nauk Medycznych 4/2000, s. 60-63

Witold Kucharski, Andrzej Misiak

Summary
The acute hepatic porphyrias are disorders that result from the inherited dysregulation of one of the enzymes in the porphyrin-heme biosynthetic pathway. The acute attack of porphyrias is a life threatening condition. Porphyrinogenic drugs, alcohol ingestion, reduced caloric intake due to fasting or dieting, infection and hormones might be precipitate these attacks. During attacks a variety of neurological and/or psychiatric symptoms may be occur which mimic many other disorders. Here we provide and overview of clinical, biochemical, genetical and other aspects of acute porphyrias that might be helpful providing more insight into these rare disorders.

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