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porphyria [pȯr′fir·ē·ə] (medicine) A usually hereditary, pathologic disorder of porphyrin metabolism characterized by porphyrinuria and photosensitivity. Porphyria comes in a winter storm to show her devotion, and her lover strangles her with her own tresses. [Br. Poetry: Browning Porphyria’s Lover in Magill IV, 247] See : Love, Unrequited How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Coproporphyrinuria and chronic hepatic porphyria Type A found in farm families from Michigan (U. 1986), characterized by hepatic porphyria and cutaneous skin lesions caused by a disturbed porphyrin metabolism (Bickers 1987). One of the earliest features of griseofulvin exposure is a hepatic porphyria characterized by the accumulation of protoporphyrin IX (De Matteis and Rimington 1963; Weston Hurst and Paget 1963). |
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