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Acute intermittent porphyria is a hereditary disorder characterized by deficient activity of the enzyme porphobilinogen deaminase. It manifests with occasional neurovisceral crises due to overproduction of porphyrin precursors. We report a 12 year old male child with acute intermittent porphyria, who presented with encephalopathy and transient blindness of cerebral origin.
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Bhat, J.I., Qureeshi, U.A. & Bhat, M.A. Acute intermittent porphyria with transient cortical blindness. Indian Pediatr 47, 977–978 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-010-0152-9
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