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FAQs About Bone Marrow Transplant for Porphyria

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…

FAQs About Liver Transplant for Porphyria

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…

FAQs About Porphyria

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…