A guide to the diagnosis of porphyria: Suggested methods and case examples

New Zealand Journal of Medical Laboratory Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-11

  Sies, Christiaan ^a   Florkowski, Christopher ^a  

^a CANTERBURY HEALTH LABORATORIES   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP); Aminolevulinic acid (ALA); Congenital erythropoietic porphyria (CEP); Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP); Hereditary coproporphyria (HCP); Porphobilinogen (PBG); Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT); Variegate porphyria (VP)

Indexed keywords

PORPHYRIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL ERYTHROPOIETIC PORPHYRIA; COPROPORPHYRIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXCRETION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PORPHYRIA; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; PORPHYRIA VARIEGATA; PORPHYRIN METABOLISM; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33645785797     PISSN: 11710195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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