Case report. Acute intermittent porphyria present as quadriparesis in Nigerian female
Enu, C.C.; Bandele, E.O.; Adewoye, H.; Elegbeleye, O.O.
Tropical and Geographical Medicine 32(3): 268-270
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-3232 PMID: 7210164 Document Number: 155615
A case of intermittent porphyria is reported. The patient had quadriparesis, acute abdominal symptoms and abnormalities in the blood chemistry. Acute intermittent porphyria is not a common disease in Africans. The severe neurological signs in this patient may have been precipitated by medication.