ACUTE PORPHYRIA WITH SPINAL FLUID CHANGES
Authors: Harold A. Lyons
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1950)

Case Reports1 September 1950ACUTE PORPHYRIA WITH SPINAL FLUID CHANGESHAROLD A. LYONSHAROLD A. LYONSSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-33-3-711 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptInterest in porphyria has been stimulated of late, by the articles appearing in the literature.1, 2, 3, 4, 5Exhaustive studies of this subject have been made by Dobriner and Rhoads,1 C. J. Watson,5 Turner,2, 6 and many others.4, 9, 21, 34The first description of the disease was made by Hoppe-Selye7in 1871. He discovered that the addition of a strong sulfuric acid to hemoglobin produced a substance with a characteristic absorption spectrum which he called "hematoporphyrin." It was discovered later that this was not the substance excreted in the urine and feces of patients who had porphyria. This...Bibliography1. 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