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[Hemodialysis--is it a method of acute intermittent porphyria treatment? Case report]
1Klinika Nefrologii, Endokrynologii i Chorób Przemiany Materii, Katowicach.
Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej
|December 11, 1999
Abstract:
In this paper a female patient with severe acute intermittent porphyria is presented in whom routine pharmacological treatment was unsuccessful. After five haemodialysis sessions a dramatic improvement of the clinical status was observed in spite of markedly elevated urinary excretion of porphyrin metabolites. Further studies are mandatory in order to evaluate the effectiveness of acute intermittent porphyria treatment.