ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA: A REPORT OF FIVE CASES AND A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Authors: M MARKOVITZ
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Article1 December 1954ACUTE INTERMITTENT PORPHYRIA: A REPORT OF FIVE CASES AND A REVIEW OF THE LITERATUREMEYER MARKOVITZ, M.D.MEYER MARKOVITZ, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-6-1170 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONSince the review of porphyria by Mason, Courville, and Ziskind1 20 years ago, and Waldenstrom's classic description of the acute disease in 1937,3 there have been a number of advances in the biochemistry of the porphyrins, stemming in great part from the laboratory of Watson and his associates.2, 65, 66 In 1941 these investigators described a simple test (Watson-Schwartz test) for the demonstration of porphobilinogen in the urine which has greatly facilitated the diagnosis of acute intermittent porphyria4 and which has gained wide acceptance.59The following is a report of five patients with acute intermittent porphyria studied in the...Bibliography1. 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