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Family Studies of Patients with Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP): Neurological, Biochemical, and Genetic Investigations

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Diagnosis and Therapy of Porphyrias and Lead Intoxication

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Family studies beginning with four patients suffering from AIP were carried out, partly extending to the third generation. The results of the clinical, neurologic, biochemical, and genetic-enzymic investigations are reported and discussed here.

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Leonhardt, K.F., v. Tiepermann, R., Doss, M. (1978). Family Studies of Patients with Acute Intermittent Porphyria (AIP): Neurological, Biochemical, and Genetic Investigations. In: Doss, M. (eds) Diagnosis and Therapy of Porphyrias and Lead Intoxication. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67002-2_13

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