An Overlooked but Treatable Inherited Neuropathy
Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare genetic disorder resulting from the deficiency in one of the enzymes in the heme biosynthetic pathway, leading to the accumulation of neurotoxic heme precursors.1 AIP is one of four acute hepatic porphyrias.
Expert panel
Mohamed Kazamel, MD (Chair) · Richard Andrews, MD · Manisha Balwani, MD, MS, FACMG · Eddy Lang, MD · Rachana K. Gandhi Mehta, MD, MBBS · Bruce Wang, MD