To summarize recent information about acute porphyrias and to provide clinicians with a practical diagnostic and management approach, we reviewed the pertinent literature and our clinical experience.

From a strictly clinical point of view, porphyrias presenting with neurovisceral attacks are also referred as acute porphyrias: they are the object of the present review. An accurate diagnosis of ...

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There are two main categories of porphyria: acute and cutaneous. Acute porphyrias primarily affect the nervous system, causing severe abdominal pain, vomiting, seizures, high blood pressure ...

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acute intermittent porphyria, periodic paralysis, neurotoxic snake envenomation and paralytic poliomyelitis may be considered. Our patient had non-selective symmetric long tract involvement leading to ...

Acute renal failure is caused by damage to the kidneys, which can occur as a result of blood loss, toxins, or physical damage to the kidneys. Acute renal failure occurs rapidly, causing generalized ...