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Clinical and biochemical characteristics and genotype-phenotype correlation in 143 Finnish and Russian patients with acute intermittent porphyria.
Medicine - 1 Jan 2005
Fraunberg Mikael von Und Zu, Pischik Elena, Udd Lina, Kauppinen Raili
Abstract excerpt
Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP), resulting from a deficiency of porphobilinogen deaminase (PBGD) in heme biosynthesis, is genetically heterogeneous and manifests with variable penetrance. The clinical outcome, prognosis, and correlation between PBGD genotype and phenotype were investigated in 143 Finnish and Russian AIP patients with 10 mutations (33G-->T, 97delA, InsAlu333, R149X, R167W, R173W, R173Q, R225G,...
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