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    Porphyria is a group of disorders in which substances called porphyrins build up in the body, adversely affecting the skin or nervous system. The types...
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    Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare metabolic disorder affecting the production of heme resulting from a deficiency of the enzyme porphobilinogen...
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    Porphyria cutanea tarda is the most common subtype of porphyria. The disease is named because it is a porphyria that often presents with skin manifestations...
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    Variegate porphyria, also known by several other names, is an autosomal dominant porphyria that can have acute (severe but usually not long-lasting) symptoms...
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  • intermittent porphyria Porphyria cutanea tarda and Hepatoerythropoietic porphyria Hereditary coproporphyria Variegate porphyria Erythropoietic porphyria Givosiran...
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  • "Porphyria's Lover" is a poem by Robert Browning which was first published as "Porphyria" in the January 1836 issue of Monthly Repository. Browning later...
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    Amanita porphyria, also known as the grey veiled amanita or the porphyry amanita, is a fairly common, inedible mushroom of the genus Amanita found in...
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    and behaviour traits were consistent with either bipolar disorder or porphyria. In 1810, George suffered a final relapse, and his eldest son, the Prince...
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    Hepatoerythropoietic porphyria is a very rare form of hepatic porphyria caused by a disorder in both genes which code Uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase...
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    Gunther disease is a congenital form of erythropoietic porphyria. The word porphyria originated from the Greek word porphura. Porphura actually means...
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    Aminolevulinic acid dehydratase deficiency porphyria (also known as "Doss porphyria", "plumboporphyria", or "ADP") is an extremely rare autosomal recessive...
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    (HCP) is a disorder of heme biosynthesis, classified as an acute hepatic porphyria. HCP is caused by a deficiency of the enzyme coproporphyrinogen oxidase...
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  • Peculator porphyria is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutomitridae, the mitres. Bouchet P. & Kantor Y. 2004. New Caledonia:...
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    He was the most recent descendant of George III to be diagnosed with porphyria, probably hereditary, which is conjectured to be the illness that caused...
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    Oliva porphyria, common name the tent olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Olividae, the olives. Its shell pattern...
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    of porphyrins, with references by EC number and the OMIM database. The porphyria associated with the deficiency of each enzyme is also shown: A common...
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    porphyrias. Nearly all cases of porphyria cutanea tarda exhibit blister formation on the skin within 2–4 days of light exposure. Variegate porphyria and...
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  • porphyria is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1782. It is found in Brazil (Para). Agyrta porphyria porphyria Agyrta...
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  • Erythropoietic porphyria is a type of porphyria associated with erythropoietic cells. In erythropoietic porphyrias, the enzyme deficiency occurs in the...
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    creating the figure of the vampire to explain the mysteries of death. Porphyria was linked with legends of vampirism in 1985 and received much media exposure...
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  • Alzheimer's disease Acute intermittent porphyria[verification needed] Hereditary coproporphyria Variegate porphyria Side effects of stimulants such as cocaine...
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    Craspedortha porphyria is a species of moth of the family Sphingidae. It is known from Nepal, north-eastern India, Myanmar, southern China, and south...
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  • Ocotea porphyria is a species of evergreen tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae). It is native to southern Bolivia and northwestern Argentina, where it...
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    health deteriorated, possibly as the result of the hereditary disease porphyria. He nonetheless discharged some of his duties and declared Parliament...
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    group of disorder called porphyrias, which include acute intermittent porphyria, congenital erythropoetic porphyria, porphyria cutanea tarda, hereditary...
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    muscaria (fly agaric), Amanita pantherina (panther cap), and Amanita porphyria, but not Amanita ceciliae. Deadly poisonous species include Amanita abrupta...
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  • is a medication used for the treatment of adults with acute hepatic porphyria. Givosiran is a small interfering RNA (siRNA) directed towards delta-aminolevulinate...
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  • Isanthrene porphyria is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Suriname and Brazil (Amazon, Ega...
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    Erythropoietic protoporphyria (category Porphyrias)
    Erythropoietic protoporphyria (or commonly called EPP) is a form of porphyria, which varies in severity and can be very painful. It arises from a deficiency...
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    an approved indication and can cause chondrolysis) Porphyria, especially acute intermittent porphyria; lidocaine has been classified as porphyrogenic because...
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