Transient cortical blindness and bioccipital brain lesions in two patients with acute intermittent porphyria

Ann Intern Med. 1995 Oct 15;123(8):598-600. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-123-8-199510150-00006.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Blindness / etiology*
  • Blindness / pathology
  • Blindness / physiopathology
  • Brain / pathology
  • Cerebral Arteries / physiopathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Nitric Oxide / biosynthesis
  • Porphyrias / complications*
  • Porphyrias / metabolism
  • Porphyrias / pathology
  • Vasoconstriction / physiology

Substances

  • Nitric Oxide