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Acute porphyria in a Bantu male
Abstract
Porphyria with cutaneous manifestations is by no means rare in Bantu subjects in South Africa and .these patients do not seem to be liable to the episodes of abdominal pain and paralysis that are frequently seen in White porphyrics in this country. Acute porphyria wi'thout. cutaneous lesions is not unknown in the Bantu but is encountered so rarely that reports of cases are j~stifiable as a reminder that they exist and should be funy investigated, for there are still several unanswered questions about aetiology, progress, and their relationship to other forms of porphyria.
