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Acute intermittent porphyria in Argentina: an update.
BioMed research international - 1 Jan 2015
Cerbino Gabriela Nora, Gerez Esther Noemí, Varela Laura Sabina, Melito Viviana Alicia, Parera Victoria Estela, Batlle Alcira, Rossetti María Victoria
Abstract excerpt
Porphyrias are a group of metabolic diseases that arise from deficiencies in the heme biosynthetic pathway. A partial deficiency in hydroxymethylbilane synthase (HMBS) produces a hepatic disorder named Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP); the acute porphyria is more frequent in Argentina. In this paper we review the results obtained for 101 Argentinean AIP families and 6 AIP families from foreign neighbour...
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