THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE PORPHYRIA WITH CHELATING AGENTS: A REPORT OF 21 CASES
Authors: H A PETERS, S WOODS, P L EICHMAN, H H REESE
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Article1 November 1957THE TREATMENT OF ACUTE PORPHYRIA WITH CHELATING AGENTS: A REPORT OF 21 CASESHENRY A. PETERS, M.D., SHERWYN WOODS, PETER L. EICHMAN, M.D., HANS H. REESE, M.D., F.A.C.P.HENRY A. PETERS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, SHERWYN WOODSSearch for more papers by this author, PETER L. EICHMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HANS H. REESE, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-47-5-889 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAcute porphyria, especially its therapy, has challenged the clinician for years. The mortality rate when associated with severe neuropsychiatric manifestations is quoted as from 80 to 90%.1 Favorable therapeutic response to 2,3-dimercaptopropanol (BAL)‡ and disodium calcium ethylene diamine tetra-acetate (EDTA)§ was reported by Peters2, 3 in seven of 10 cases of acute porphyria, and by McCabe4 in one case of acute porphyria benefited by BAL administration. Paul and Thyresson5 and Schrumpf6 reported the ameliorating effects of BAL in cutaneous porphyria. Dean7 recorded one case not benefited by BAL.A total of 30 porphyria cases, including our previously reported patients,2, 3...Bibliography1. Markovitz M: Acute intermittent porphyria: a report of five cases and a review of the literature, Ann. Int. Med. 41: 1170, 1954. LinkGoogle Scholar2. Peters HA: BAL therapy of acute porphyrinuria, Neurology 4: 477, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Peters HA: Therapy of acute porphyria with BAL and other agents, Dis. Nerv. System 17: 177-183, 1956. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Madison, Wisconsin*Presented at the Thirty-eighth Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Boston, Massachusetts, April 11, 1957.From the Department of Neurology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin.†Senior student in medicine, University of Wisconsin.‡Referred to henceforth as BAL.§Referred to henceforth as EDTA.∥Disodium calcium versenate was supplied by the Riker Laboratories and bisodium versenate by Abbott Laboratories.Requests for reprints should be addressed to H. A. Peters, M.D., Neurology Department, University Hospitals, Madison, Wisconsin. 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