Porphyria is a group of rare diseases related to the production of a molecule called heme. Each type of porphyria is associated with a different mutation, affecting an enzyme in the metabolic pathway of heme production. As a result, high levels of heme precursors called porphyrins, accumulate in different parts…
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Porphyria is a family of metabolic disorders largely caused by mutations in the genes that regulate the body’s production of a molecule called heme. Your cells are unable to change compounds called porphyrins or porphyrin precursors into heme. Depending on the type of porphyria you have, your liver…
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Porphyria refers to a group of disorders in which affected individuals cannot make hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is the protein that binds oxygen in red blood cells. Due to this inability, porphyrins — chemicals that the body normally uses to make hemoglobin — build up in the body. Following are…
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