Article
An epidemiologic study of acute intermittent porphyria in Maheshwari community of Sri-Dungargarh municipal area.
The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - 1 Feb 1990
Gauri L A, Chajjar K S, Saxena H C
Abstract excerpt
Fifteen patients of acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) were detected out of 2500 persons of Maheshwari community surveyed. These 15 patients belonged to 11 families. The prevalence of AIP in Maheshwari population came out to be 1:640 which is considerably higher than the figures reported from man...
Topics
- Acute Disease
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Humans
- India
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Porphyrias
- Prevalence
- Skin Diseases
- Urban Health