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Acute Intermittent Porphyria: Complete Phenotype in a Patient with p.Arg173Trp Variant in Thailand.
The American journal of case reports - 4 Nov 2022
Sriprakoon Vachiravit, Ittagornpunth Chalisa, Puapaiboon Nakorn, Bunyahathaipat Aekasit, Piriyanon Punnapat, Khositseth Sookkasem, Rojnueangnit Kitiwan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare genetic disease caused by the deficiency of porphobilinogen deaminase enzyme in the heme synthesis pathway. AIP is passed by autosomal dominant inheritance. Heterozygous pathogenic variants in hydroxymethylbilane synthase (HMBS) are associated with AIP. Multisystemic manifestations of acute neurovisceral features exist, which are quite challenging for...
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