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A group of metabolic diseases due to deficiency of one of a number of LIVER enzymes in the biosynthetic pathway of HEME. They are characterized by the accumulation and increased excretion of PORPHYRINS or its precursors. Clinical features include neurological symptoms (PORPHYRIA, ACUTE INTERMITTENT), cutaneous lesions due to photosensitivity (PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA), or both (HEREDITARY COPROPORPHYRIA). Hepatic porphyrias can be hereditary or acquired as a result of toxicity to the hepatic tissues.
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- Hepatic Porphyria
- Porphyria, Hepatic
- Porphyrias, Hepatic
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not confuse with PORPHYRIA, ERYTHROHEPATIC
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History Note
2005 (1993)
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- Porphyria (1966-1992)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Hepatic Porphyrias. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017094. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017094
- Hepatic Porphyrias. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatic_porphyria
- Hepatic Porphyrias. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3908490