Porphyria |
Acute intermittent porphyria; AIP; Hematoporphyria; Intermittent acute porphyria syndrome; PBGD deficiency; porphyrin disorder; Swedish genetic porphyria; Swedish porphyria; UPS deficiency; Uroporphyrinogen synthase deficiency |
This article is about the disease. For the poem by Robert Browning see Porphyria's Lover. The porphyrias are inherited or acquired disorders of certain enzymes in the heme biosynthetic pathway (also called porphyrin pathway). They are broadly classified as hepatic porphyrias or erythropoietic porphyrias, based on the site of the overproduction and mainly accumulation of the porphyrins (or their chemical precursors). Overview In humans, porphyrins are the main precursors of heme, an ...
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Resources
- About Porphyria (American Porphyria Foundation)
- American Porphyria Foundation
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Porphyria (National Institutes of Health)
- Diet and Nutrition in Porphyria (American Porphyria Foundation)
- Directory of Digestive Disease Organizations for Patients (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Drugs and Porphyria (American Porphyria Foundation)
- El aparato digestivo y su funcionamiento (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Genetics Home Reference: Acute intermittent porphyria (Genetics Home Reference)
- Genetics Home Reference: ALAD deficiency porphyria (Genetics Home Reference)
- Genetics Home Reference: Congenital erythropoietic porphyria (Genetics Home Reference)
- Genetics Home Reference: Erythropoietic protoporphyria (Genetics Home Reference)
- Genetics Home Reference: Hepatoerythropoietic porphyria (Genetics Home Reference)
- Genetics Home Reference: Hereditary coproporphyria (Genetics Home Reference)
- Genetics Home Reference: Porphyria (Genetics Home Reference)
- Genetics Home Reference: Variegate porphyria (Genetics Home Reference)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Organizations for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Porphyria (National Institutes of Health)
- Porphyria (Cleveland Clinic)
- Porphyria (Cleveland Clinic)
- Porphyria (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Porphyria (Medline Plus)
- Porphyria (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Porphyria (American Liver Foundation)
- Porphyria
- Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (Iron Disorders Institute)
- Porphyria Testing (American Porphyria Foundation)
- Porphyria Types (American Porphyria Foundation)

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