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  2. Porphyria - Wikipedia

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    Porphyria / p ɔːr ˈ f ɪr i ə / is a group of disorders in which substances called porphyrins build up in the body, adversely affecting the skin or nervous system. [1] The types that affect the nervous system are also known as acute porphyria, as symptoms are rapid in onset and short in duration. [1]

  3. Acute intermittent porphyria - Wikipedia

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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 deaminase. It is the most common of the acute porphyrias .

  4. Porphyria cutanea tarda - Wikipedia

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    Porphyria cutanea tarda is the most common subtype of porphyria. [1] The disease is named because it is a porphyria that often presents with skin manifestations later in life. The disorder results from low levels of the enzyme responsible for the fifth step in heme production.

  5. Variegate porphyria - Wikipedia

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    Variegate porphyria is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern, which means the defective gene is located on an autosome, and inheriting one copy of the defective gene from an affected parent is sufficient to cause the disorder. More severe cases result from inheriting two copies of the defective gene.

  6. Erythropoietic protoporphyria - Wikipedia

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    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 in the enzyme ferrochelatase, leading to abnormally high levels of protoporphyrin in the red blood cells (erythrocytes), plasma, skin, and liver. [2]

  7. Hepatic porphyria - Wikipedia

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    Hepatic porphyrias is a form of porphyria in which toxic porphyrin molecules build up in the liver. Hepatic porphyrias can result from a number of different enzyme deficiencies. [1] Examples include (in order of synthesis pathway): [citation needed] Acute intermittent porphyria; Porphyria cutanea tarda and Hepatoerythropoietic porphyria

  8. Pseudoporphyria - Wikipedia

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    Pseudoporphyria is a bullous photosensitivity that clinically and histologically mimics porphyria cutanea tarda. [2]: 524 The difference is that no abnormalities in urine or serum porphyrin is noted on laboratories.

  9. Porphobilinogen deaminase - Wikipedia

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    The most well-known health issue involving porphobilinogen deaminase is acute intermittent porphyria, an autosomal dominant genetic disorder where insufficient hydroxymethylbilane is produced, leading to a build-up of porphobilinogen in the cytoplasm. This is caused by a gene mutation that, in 90% of cases, causes decreased amounts of enzyme.