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porphyria
Broader Terms:
metabolism disorder
Narrower Terms:
congenital erythropoietic porphyria
Narrower Terms:
congenital hepatic porphyria
Narrower Terms:
protoporphyria
Scope Note:
group of disorders characterized by the excessive production of porphyrins or their precursors that arises from abnormalities in the regulation of the porphyrin-heme pathway; acquired porphyrias, which are due to inhibition of enzymes in the metabolic pathway by a drug, toxin or abnormal metabolite, are more common than those which are inherited.
Term Number:
1849-7403
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