Circulating fluorocytes at the first attack of acute intermittent porphyria: A missing link in the pathogenesis

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 412, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 208-212

  Lam, Ching Wan ^a   Lau, Kin Chong ^a   Mak, Chloe Miu ^b   Tsang, Man Wo ^c   Chan, Yan Wo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Circulating fluorescent red cells; Porphyria

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ERYTHROCYTE PROTOPORPHYRIN; GLUCOSE; HEMATIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; PORPHOBILINOGEN; PORPHOBILINOGEN DEAMINASE;

ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; DIZZINESS; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPONATREMIA; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOW BACK PAIN; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INTUBATION; SCREENING TEST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SERUM OSMOLALITY; SODIUM URINE LEVEL; URINALYSIS; URINE OSMOLALITY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ADULT; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLBILANE SYNTHASE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PORPHYRIA, ACUTE INTERMITTENT;

EID: 78650514169     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

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