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ArticleBMJ case reports2017

Pure motor axonal neuropathy triggered by antituberculous therapy in an undiagnosed case of acute intermittent porphyria.

Masood Uz Zaman Babar, Haris Hakeem, Sara Khan

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 51% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Drug-associated porphyria: a pharmacovigilance study.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Masood Uz Zaman BabarDepartment of Neurology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Haris HakeemDepartment of Neurology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Sara KhanAga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Aga Khan University Hospital · PKYahoo (United Kingdom) · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A man aged 22 years misdiagnosed as suffering from recurrent abdominal tuberculosis, in view of recurrent abdominal pain was treated for abdominal tuberculosis in the past. The patient was prescribed antituberculous therapy. 2 months after starting treatment, he developed progressive weakness of all 4 limbs. Electrodiagnostic examination revealed an acute severe motor axonal neuropathy. Further workup revealed elevated porphyrin precursors in urine.

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Abdominal PainAntitubercular AgentsDiagnostic ErrorsGiant Axonal NeuropathyHumansMalePorphyria, Acute IntermittentTuberculosisYoung AdultAntitubercular Agents

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PMID28348263
PMCPMC5372185
OpenAlexW2603519674

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