Porphyrias
摘要
The porphyrias are disorders of heme biosynthesis, with each type of porphyria representing a defect of a different enzyme in the biosynthetic pathway. The acute hepatic porphyrias include acute intermittent porphyria (AIP), variegate porphyria (VP), hereditary coproporphyria (HCP), and 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA)–dehydratase porphyria (ADP). The non-acute porphyrias consist of porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP), X-linked protoporphyria (XLP), and congenital erythropoietic porphyria (CEP). In this chapter, we describe the diagnosis and management of the porphyrias, highlighting recently approved treatments.