Acute Intermittent Porphyria in Childhood Presenting with Hypertensive Emergency and Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
Acute intermittent porphyria is an inherited metabolic disease due to deficiency of the enzyme porphobilinogen deaminase that can affect the autonomic, peripheral and central nervous system. We report an 8 year old female who had presented with hyponatremia, psychiatric manifestations, seizures, hyp...
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Main Authors: | Rishab Bharadwaj (Author), Pallavi P Dagli (Author), Aasheeta S Shah (Author) |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications,
2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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