Acute intermittent porphyria, the common expression of a familial metabolic disease, is
characterized by attacks of severe colicky abdominal pain in association with obstipation …

Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) as a precipitant of self-multilation in inmates, has not been
documented. This case illustrates how AIP can go undiagnosed unless there is a high index …

Discussion Porphyrias includes a range of conditions resulting from disorders in the
biosynthesis of heme. The heme biosynthesis pathway involves eight different enzymes, and …

Rationale: Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare genetic disorder that affects porphyrin
metabolism in the blood. The disease causes defects in specific enzymes in the body, which …

The patient we have described had lower extremity numbness, paresthesias, constipation,
urinary retention, and sexual dysfunction. Laboratory evaluation confirmed a diagnosis of …

Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare metabolic disease defined by mutations coding
the deaminaze enzyme of porphobilinogen (PBGD). Porphyrias are somewhat …

Background: Porphyrias are a group of inherited metabolic disorders, resulting from the
deficiency of specific enzyme in the hemebiosynthesis. Among these, acute intermittent …

BACKGROUND: Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is an autosomal dominant disorder
characterized by recurrent abdominal pain with neuropsychiatric symptoms and motor …

Clinical presentation of acute intermittent porphyria before puberty is unusual. We
diagnosed the non-erythroid variant form of this disease in a male child, who first presented …