Acute attack of AIP (acute intermittent porphyria) with severe vivax malaria associated with convulsions: A case report

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 307-309

  Kochar, Sanjay K ^a   Mahajan, Manish ^a   Gupta, Rajendra P ^a   Middha, Sheetal ^a   Acharya, Jyoti ^a   Kochar, Abhishek ^a   Das, Ashis ^b   Kochar, Dhanpat K ^c  

^a S P MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^c Kothari Medical and Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Acute intermittent porphyria; Convulsions; Malaria; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER; GABAPENTIN; PORPHOBILINOGEN; QUININE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVULSION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PLASMODIUM VIVAX MALARIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; URINE COLOR; URINE VOLUME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, VIVAX; PORPHYRIA, ACUTE INTERMITTENT; SEIZURES;

EID: 73449092497     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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