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A Case of Acute Hepatic Porphyria.
Young Cheal Han, Sin Hang Joo, Jin Han Kang, Byung Churl Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1988;31(2):253-257.   Published online February 28, 1988
Acute hepatic porphyria may be an inborn error of metabolism characterized biochemically by the excessive hapatic over-production and urinary excretion of porphyrin precursors and clinically by episode of acute neuro-visceral dysfunction. Acute porphyria is very rare in childhood. We experienced a case of acute hepatic porphyria in childhood age, confirmed by characterized clinical features of neuro-visceral dysfunction and biochemical findings in blood and urine...
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