Porphyria/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Porphyria.

A diverse group of metabolic diseases characterized by errors in the biosynthetic pathway of heme in the liver, the bone marrow, or both.

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Porphyria (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.