Hepatic porphyria

Hepatic porphyria
Specialty	Endocrinology

Hepatic porphyrias is a form of porphyria in which toxic porphyrin molecules build up in the liver. Hepatic porphyrias can result from a number of different enzyme deficiencies.[1]

Examples include (in order of synthesis pathway):^[citation needed]

• Acute intermittent porphyria
• Porphyria cutanea tarda and Hepatoerythropoietic porphyria
• Hereditary coproporphyria
• Variegate porphyria

See also

• Erythropoietic porphyria
• Givosiran

References

1. "OMIM - PORPHYRIA, CONGENITAL ERYTHROPOIETIC". Retrieved 2008-12-04.

External links

• Porphyrias,+Hepatic at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
• www.drugs-porphyria.com
• www.porphyria-europe.com