Special clinical, light and electron microscopic aspects of acute intermittent porphyria.
Clinical symptoms in 26 patients with acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) were correlated with light and electron microscopic findings. Abdominal pain, neuropsychiatric disorders and pathologic urine tests were predominant. Light and electron microscopic pictures of the central nervous system, the liver and the kidney were shown.
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002490:Central Nervous System / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D011164:Porphyrias / Q000473:pathology*