A report has described for the first time the case of a patient having an acute intermittent porphyria (AIP)…
Articles by Patricia Inácio, PhD
A high-dose regimen of hydroxychloroquine given over a short period of time can successfully treat porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), according…
A new mutation in the FECH gene was identified as the cause of erythropoietic protoporphyria in a…
An 18-year-old woman developed skin lesions associated with variegate porphyria (VP) — a type of acute porphyria — after…
Vitamin D supplements can increase the levels of that vitamin in the blood of patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP),…
A previously identified mutation in the PPOX gene in a Moroccan Jewish population may cause variegate porphyria by impairing…
The Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health, called CADTH, has recommended that Givlaari (givosiran) be reimbursed by…
Recurrent attacks in people with acute hepatic porphyria (AHP) are associated with lower lifetime earnings and pose a higher…
The prevalence of advanced liver disease — including fatty liver disease — in patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP)…
Complaints of abdominal pain with no apparent cause during physical examination, accompanied by neuropsychiatric symptoms such as confusion and agitation,…