Acute porphyria: the cost of suspicion

Acute porphyria: the cost of suspicion

Physicians are often obligated to explore the diagnosis of acute porphyria because of several disease-related complications and to investigate various chemical-associated illness. In rare cases, accurate diagnosis may provide an explanation for a clinical syndrome that has been difficult to explain.

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of medicine 1999-12, Vol.107 (6), p.621-623
Hauptverfasser: Mattern, Shannon E.T, Tefferi, Ayalew
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Acute Disease
Biological and medical sciences
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Male
Medical diagnosis
Medical disorders
Medical research
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Other metabolic disorders
Patient Selection
Pigments (porphyrias, hyperbilirubinemias...)
Porphyrias - diagnosis
Porphyrias - economics
Porphyrias - urine
Porphyrins - urine
Retrospective Studies
United States
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Zusammenfassung:Physicians are often obligated to explore the diagnosis of acute porphyria because of several disease-related complications and to investigate various chemical-associated illness. In rare cases, accurate diagnosis may provide an explanation for a clinical syndrome that has been difficult to explain.
ISSN:0002-9343
1555-7162
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9343(99)00305-8