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Congenital porphyria in siblings

With a brief review of congenital and hereditary porphyrias

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    A brief review of porphyria has been given.

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    Full clinical details of two cases of congenital porphyria occurring in male siblings are presented.

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    Studies on the urinary porphyrins in one sibling (A.S.C.) using paper chromatography and paper electrophoretic techniques have been carried out.

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    The presence in the urine of uro-and copro-porphyrins as well as two other porphyrins with five, six or seven carboxylic groups have been revealed by such studies.

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    Separation and identification of the esters will be described at a later date.

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    Amala Chaudhuri, J. Nag Chaudhuri & K. C. Chaudhuri

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Chaudhuri, A., Chaudhuri, J.N. & Chaudhuri, K.C. Congenital porphyria in siblings. Indian J Pediatr 25, 157–172 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02903014

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