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Juvenile acute intermittent porphyria with hypercholesterolemia and epilepsy: a case report and review of the literature.

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Kaplan, PW; Lewis, DV
Published in: J Child Neurol
January 1986

A case of acute intermittent porphyria in a 10-year-old boy with seizures and hypercholesterolemia is presented. The problems of management when seizures and porphyria coincide and discussion of hypercholesterolemia are included. A comprehensive review of the world literature reveals that prepubertal patients with acute intermittent porphyria are predominantly male and show an increased incidence of seizures when compared to older age groups. The principal clinical features in all age groups include abdominal pain, vomiting, fever, and tachycardia in addition to mental changes, limb paresis, and hyporeflexia.

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J Child Neurol

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0883-0738

Publication Date

January 1986

Volume

1

Issue

1

Start / End Page

38 / 45

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Porphyrias
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Male
  • Hypercholesterolemia
  • Humans
  • Epilepsy
  • Child
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
 

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Kaplan, P. W., & Lewis, D. V. (1986). Juvenile acute intermittent porphyria with hypercholesterolemia and epilepsy: a case report and review of the literature. J Child Neurol, 1(1), 38–45. https://doi.org/10.1177/088307388600100106
Kaplan, P. W., and D. V. Lewis. “Juvenile acute intermittent porphyria with hypercholesterolemia and epilepsy: a case report and review of the literature.J Child Neurol 1, no. 1 (January 1986): 38–45. https://doi.org/10.1177/088307388600100106.
Kaplan, P. W., and D. V. Lewis. “Juvenile acute intermittent porphyria with hypercholesterolemia and epilepsy: a case report and review of the literature.J Child Neurol, vol. 1, no. 1, Jan. 1986, pp. 38–45. Pubmed, doi:10.1177/088307388600100106.
Journal cover image

Published In

J Child Neurol

DOI

ISSN

0883-0738

Publication Date

January 1986

Volume

1

Issue

1

Start / End Page

38 / 45

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Porphyrias
  • Neurology & Neurosurgery
  • Male
  • Hypercholesterolemia
  • Humans
  • Epilepsy
  • Child
  • 3209 Neurosciences
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences