Atypical attack of acute intermittent porphyria - Paresis but no abdominal pain

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 252, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 265-270

  Andersson, C ^a   Nilsson, A ^b   Backstrom T ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Primary Health Care Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute porphyria; Attack; Paresis; Sex hormone; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HEME ARGINATE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DYSESTHESIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESTROGEN METABOLISM; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; LEG PAIN; LIVER; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; OVARIECTOMY; PARESIS; PARESTHESIA; PORPHYRIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARGININE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HEME; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIECTOMY; PARESIS; PERIODICITY; PORPHYRIA, ACUTE INTERMITTENT; PROGESTERONE; RECURRENCE;

EID: 0036381163     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.2002.01020.x     Document Type: Article

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