Liver transplantation as a cure for acute intermittent porphyria

Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9410, 2004, Pages 705-706

  Soonawalla, Zahir F ^a   Orug, Taner ^a   Badminton, Michael N ^b   Elder, George H ^b   Rhodes, Jonathan M ^c   Bramhall, Simon R ^a   Elias, Elwyn ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; HEME; LIVER ENZYME; PORPHOBILINOGEN; PORPHYRIN;

ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 1542271496     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)15646-8     Document Type: Article

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