Uroporphyria: Some notes on its ancient historical background

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-162

  Gazzaniga, Valentina ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute hepatic porphyria; Acute intermittent porphyria; Black urine; Inherited porphyria

Indexed keywords

ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HEPATIC PORPHYRIA; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; URINE;

EID: 0032910325     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000013443     Document Type: Conference Paper

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