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Porphyric neuropathy: prevention of progression using haeme‐arginate
Author(s) -
Muthane Uday B.,
VENGAMMA B.,
BHARATHI K. C.,
MAMATHA P.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.625
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1365-2796
pISSN - 0954-6820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2796.1993.tb01022.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine
. We report on a patient with acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) who, during treatment with hypertonic glucose, developed peripheral neuropathy. Once haeme‐arginate was started, the progression of the neuropathy was attenuated. This suggests that hypertonic glucose may be inadequate in preventing the development of neuropathy in a patient with porphyria. However, haeme‐arginate, if started early, can attenuate the progression of porphyric neuropathy.