Acute intermittent porphyria presenting as acute muscle pain, fever, and weakness

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 586-587

  Cohen, Philip L ^a   Hadler, Nortin M ^a   Starkenburg, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MYALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEVER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLES; PAIN; PORPHYRIA, ACUTE INTERMITTENT;

EID: 0030949754     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780400329     Document Type: Article

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