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Diagnosis of acute intermittent porphyria in northern Sweden: an evaluation of mutation analysis and biochemical methods
1 Mar 1995
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OBJECTIVE: To validate the use of a recently observed guanine to adenine mutation in exon 10 in the porphobilinogen deaminase (PBGD) gene as a diagnostic marker of acute intermittent porphyria (AIP). To evaluate the efficiency of the traditional biochemical diagnostic methods. DESIGN: Matched and blinded case-control study (1:4). SETTING: A primary health care centre in Arjeplog, the National Porphyria Research...
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