A clinical case report of acute intermittent porphyria in a patient aged 9 years

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The debut of acute intermittent porphyria in a prepubertal patient is described. This clinical case report illustrates the difficulties in the diagnosis of the disease with its great variety of nonspecific symptoms. The authors emphasize the need to include acute porphyrias in the range of differential diagnostic search in patients with abdominal pain which cannot be attributed to more common causes, particularly in cases when intense abdominal pain is associated with psychoneurological symptoms and changed color of the urine.

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D. V. Fedorova

Federal Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Immunology named after Dmitry Rogachev

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Email: darya.v.fedorova@gmail.com
Russian Federation

I. V. Karpova

Hematological Center

Email: karpova@blood.ru
Russian Federation

E. V. Orlova

Regional Pediatric Hospital

Email: OrlovaE1@yandex.ru
Russian Federation

V. L. Surin

Hematological Center

Email: vadsurin@mail.ru
Russian Federation

L. A. Khachatryan

Federal Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Immunology named after Dmitry Rogachev

Email: lili.2510@yandex.ru
Russian Federation

N. S. Smetanina

Federal Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Immunology named after Dmitry Rogachev; Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I.Pirogov

Email: Nataliya.Smetanina@fccho-moscow.ru
Russian Federation

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Copyright (c) 2015 Fedorova D.V., Karpova I.V., Orlova E.V., Surin V.L., Khachatryan L.A., Smetanina N.S.

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