Homozygous variegate porphyria: a compound heterozygote with novel mutations in the protoporphyrinogen oxidase gene
β Scribed by R.A. Palmer; G.H. Elder; D_f. Barrett; S.G. Keohane
- Book ID
- 104459794
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 319 KB
- Volume
- 144
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-0963
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The porphyrias represent a heterogeneous group of disorders of porphyrin or porphyrin-precursor metabolism, resulting from the inherited or acquired dysregulation of one of the eight enzymes in the porphyrinheme biosynthetic pathway. Variegate porphyria, one of the acute hepatic porphyrias, is chara
Variegate Porphyria (VP) is one of the acute hepatic porphyrias, and is clinically characterised by skin lesions and acute neuropsychiatric/visceral attacks that occur separately or together. The disorder is caused by a partial deficiency of protoporphyrinogen oxidase, the penultimate enzyme in the