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Acute intermittent porphyria
Other namesSwedish porphyria, pyrroloporphyria, intermittent acute porphyria
Porphobilinogen
SpecialtyMedical genetics

Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare metabolic disorder affecting the production of heme resulting from a deficiency of the enzyme porphobilinogen deaminase. It is the most common of the acute porphyrias.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Whatley SD, Roberts AG, Llewellyn DH, Bennett CP, Garrett C, Elder GH (September 2000). "Non-erythroid form of acute intermittent porphyria caused by promoter and frameshift mutations distant from the coding sequence of exon 1 of the HMBS gene". Human Genetics. 107 (3): 243–8. doi:10.1007/s004390000356. PMID 11071386. S2CID 40036227.
  2. ^ Solis C, Martinez-Bermejo A, Naidich TP, Kaufmann WE, Astrin KH, Bishop DF, Desnick RJ (November 2004). "Acute intermittent porphyria: studies of the severe homozygous dominant disease provides insights into the neurologic attacks in acute porphyrias". Archives of Neurology. 61 (11): 1764–70. doi:10.1001/archneur.61.11.1764. PMID 15534187.
  3. ^ Diseases of Tetrapyrrole Metabolism - Refsum Disease and the Hepatic Porphyrias at eMedicine

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