Neurological complications of acute intermittent porphyria

European Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 247-252

  Kuo, Hung Chou ^a   Huang, Chin Chang ^a   Chu, Chun Che ^a   Lee, Ming Jen ^b   Chuang, Wen Li ^a   Wu, Chi Lin ^a   Wu, Tony ^a   Ning, Hsiao Chen ^a   Liu, Chih Yang ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute intermittent porphyria; Central nervous system; Gene; Neuropathy; Peripheral nervous system; Porphobilinogen deaminase

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; PORPHOBILINOGEN DEAMINASE;

ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONVULSION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PORPHOBILINOGEN; PORPHYRIA, ACUTE INTERMITTENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053514756     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330683     Document Type: Article

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