Acute intermittent porphyria presenting with neurological emergency: Review of six cases

Neurology India

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 413-415

  Kochar, Dhanpat ^a,b   Pal, Mahender ^a   Kochar, Sanjay ^a   Vyas, Arvind ^a   Kochar, Abhishek ^a   Bindal, Dinesh ^a   Agrawal, Rajender ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute intermittent porphyria; Convulsion; Neurological emergency

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROMAZINE; GABAPENTIN; GLUCOSE; HEME ARGINATE; LORAZEPAM; PROPRANOLOL;

ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG COST; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY; FAMILY HISTORY; FATALITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POLYNEUROPATHY;

EID: 36549047438     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.33303     Document Type: Article

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