Acute Porphyria
- 1 February 1951
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 244 (5) , 173-174
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm195102012440503
Abstract
ALTHOUGH the metabolic disease, acute porphyria, has been known for many years, it remains a relatively unfamiliar syndrome to many physicians. Thus far, to our knowledge, there has been no report in the literature concerning the effect of ACTH on this condition.1 In view of these features it was considered desirable to report a case of acute porphyria for which ACTH was administered.Several excellent reviews2 3 4 on porphyria have been published in recent years; accordingly, only a brief résumé of the essential features of this disease is recorded here. The congenital form, which may appear at birth or in early . . .Keywords
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