| Literature DB >> 1714702 |
M A Durosinmi1, O Adejuyigbe, B Adamolekun, A D Adekile, E O Odunusi.
Abstract
A fatal case of variegate (mixed) porphyria in an 11-year-old Nigerian girl is reported. She presented with severe abdominal pain, vomiting, constipation, quadriplegia and cutaneous bullous dermatosis. Remission was temporarily achieved with chlorpromazine, high carbohydrate diet and physiotherapy. She finally died of respiratory paralysis 17 months after diagnosis.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID： 1714702 DOI： 10.1080/02724936.1991.11747484
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ann Trop Paediatr ISSN： 0272-4936