Because acute attacks of porphyria may be precipitated by anticonvulsants, a therapeutic dilemma arises when seizures complicate hepatic porphyria. The list of unsafe agents includes barbiturates ...

1 Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, King's College London, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Charalambos G Antoniades, Division of Digestive Diseases, St Mary's Campus, Imperial ...

Correspondence to Dr Pere Ginès, Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona 08036, Spain; ...

Her renal and liver function tests were unaltered ... epidural haematoma/abscess, post-diptheric polyneuropathy, acute intermittent porphyria, periodic paralysis, neurotoxic snake envenomation and ...

Acute liver failure (ALF) in children differs from that observed in adults in both the etiologic spectrum and the clinical picture. Children, particularly very young ones, do not demonstrate ...

I got lucky because a family friend was diagnosed with acute intermittent porphyria, and we shared ... and NRH (Nodular Regenerative Hyperplasia) in my liver.“ I Went to the ER with an Anxiety ...

Viral hepatitis is an inflammation of your liver, and it’s a form of acute hepatitis. The three most common types are hepatitis A, B, and C. They’re caused by different viruses that infect ...

Intermittent fasting is an eating pattern that ... Glucagon does this by causing the liver to break down glycogen (stored glucose) and release the glucose back into the bloodstream.

Acute renal failure is caused by damage to the kidneys, which can occur as a result of blood loss, toxins, or physical damage to the kidneys. Acute renal failure occurs rapidly, causing generalized ...