Identifying acute porphyria in patients with acute polyneuropathy or encephalopathy. Commentary

Nature Clinical Practice Neurology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 648-649

  Elder, George H ^a   Sandberg, Sverre ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPROPORPHYRIN; PORPHOBILINOGEN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; BACKACHE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSAUTONOMIA; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; NOTE; POLYNEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 57249103320     PISSN: 1745834X     EISSN: 17458358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneuro0946     Document Type: Note

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