Clinical Case Reports (Dec 2020)

Challenges in the management of acute intermittent porphyria with recurrent attacks during pregnancy: A case report

  • Daphne Vassiliou,
  • Chariklia Lempessi,
  • Pauline Harper,
  • Eliane Sardh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3185
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 12
pp. 2483 – 2487

Abstract

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Abstract In cases of recurrent attacks of acute porphyria during pregnancy, prophylactic administration of heme arginate should be considered. Clinical and biochemical monitoring of the disease and a close collaboration with a porphyria center are crucial.

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