The FDA has approved a new treatment for adult patients with acute hepatic porphyria (AHP) a rare genetic disorder. Givlaari is an RNA interference therapeutic targeting aminolevulinic acid synthase 1 ...

A Texas woman learned she had a rare genetic disorder after decades of unexplained pain and neurological symptoms. Here's how ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Clinicians are hoping an RNA interference therapeutic targeting aminolevulinic acid synthase 1, known as ...

Diagnosing medical conditions is not easy. Patients can have nondescript symptoms that could point to common problems as easily as rare or poorly understood ones. They can sprinkle in irrelevant ...

Acute hepatic porphyria (AHP) is a group of rare genetic disorders that affect the liver’s ability to produce heme, a vital component of blood, and can manifest with a variety of symptoms often ...

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Q: I am a concerned grandmother writing about my 11-year-old granddaughter. She was diagnosed with porphyria at the age of 2. Her hands and feet start hurting so badly that she has to put them in cold ...

Patients with porphyria cutanea tarda have more cutaneous lesions in summer than in winter, but only after prolonged and chronic exposure to light. Some patients excrete red, fluorescent urine during ...