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Clinical features predictive of a poor prognosis in acute porphyria

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  1. Research Program in Molecular Medicine, Biomedicum-Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Finland

    Elena Pischik MD &  Raili Kauppinen MD, PhD

  2. Department of Neurology Neuromuscular Unit, City Hospital #2, Pavlov State Medical University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

    Elena Pischik MD & Valery Kazakov MD, PhD

  3. Laboratory of Bio and Chemo Sensor Microsystems, Institute of Analytical Instrumentation, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia

    Anton Bulyanitsa PhD

  4. The Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, University Central Hospital of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Raili Kauppinen MD, PhD

  5. Porphyria Research Centre, Biomedicum-Helsinki, P. O. Box 700, 00029, HUS,Helsinki, Finland

    Raili Kauppinen MD, PhD

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Pischik, E., Bulyanitsa, A., Kazakov, V. et al. Clinical features predictive of a poor prognosis in acute porphyria. J Neurol 251, 1538–1541 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-004-0584-z

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