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phyria during pregnancy in a patient with
[3]. We accept that there is little published
in pregnancy, but had the clinicians con-
tacted the manufacturer of haem- arginate
Immunology,Cardiff University, Cardiff,
never needed to resort to this drastic ac-
phrase Ôcould only be treated successfully
by an induced abortionÕ as all the patients
we have dealt with have been successfully
treated with haem-arginate. Indeed several
of these patients have had repeated cour-
attacks, with no apparent adverse effect
disorder. The published results in this case
on the foetus. The authors state that this
are difficult to interpret because of the use
of mass units and the absence of reference
values. In addition, protoporphyrin is not
excreted in urine as a result of its hydo-
drug with a reference to a review [2]. This
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is a misrepresentation of the article which
fetotoxic effects are unknown and quotes
of acute porphyria and this article high-
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