Drug use in porphyria: A therapeutic dilemma

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Jose, Jimmy ^a,c   Saravu, K ^b   Shastry, B A ^b   Jimmy, B ^a  

^a MANIPAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Kasturba Medical College

^c INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acute intermittent porphyria; Drug safety; Porphyria

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; DICLOFENAC; DROTAVERINE; GABAPENTIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PANTOPRAZOLE; PENTAZOCINE; PHENYTOIN; PORPHOBILINOGEN; PORPHYRIN; PROMETHAZINE; PROPRANOLOL; PYRIDOXINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG SAFETY; EVENING DOSAGE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; THORAX PAIN; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VOMITING;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AMINES; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIEMETICS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CHEST PAIN; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DIAZEPAM; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; PHENYTOIN; PORPHYRIA, ACUTE INTERMITTENT; PROMETHAZINE; PROPRANOLOL; VOMITING;

EID: 54949155999     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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