Late diagnosis of a case of acute intermittent porphyria in the ICU;Diagnóstico tardío de un caso de porfiria aguda intermitente en una unidad de cuidados intensivos

Medicina Intensiva

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 358-

  Betbese A J ^a   Zapata, L ^a   Martinez Bru C ^a   Herrero, C ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; ADULT; CASE REPORT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INAPPROPRIATE VASOPRESSIN SECRETION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY;

HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORPHYRIA, ACUTE INTERMITTENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953619089     PISSN: 02105691     EISSN: 15786749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2009.09.009     Document Type: Letter

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