Symptomatic Porphyria

Autor: Timme, AH, Taljaard, JJF, Shanley, BC, Joubert, SM
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
Zdroj: South African Medical Journal; Vol 47, No 9 (1973)
ISSN: 2078-5135
0256-9574
Popis: The administration of hexachlorobenzene (HCB) to rats for periods up to 67 days resulted in the development of gross cytoplasmic vacuolation and the formation of cytoplasmic inclusions. Some of the inclusions consisted of slender tubular structures about 200 A in diameter. Although it was suspected that the inclusions represented precipitated porphyrins, proof of this could not be obtained. The prior administration of iron to some of the animals before commencing feeding with HCB resulted in a more extensive development of the lesions in the liver, and this could account for the higher levels of excreted porphyrins in the iron-laden animals.S. Afr. Med. J., 48, 1833 (1974).
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