Rare diseases · Sign or symptom
Elevated circulating porphyrin concentration
HP:0034606
What it means
The concentration of porphyrins in the blood circulation is above the upper limit of normal.
Most commonly tested circulating porphyrins are coproporphyrin, protoporphyrin, and uroporphyrin. Normally protoporphyrin is present in the highest concentration.
Part of the broader category
Also called: Elevated porphyrins concentration · Elevated porphyrins level · Elevated porphyrins level in blood · Increased porphyrins concentration · Increased porphyrins level · Increased porphyrins level in blood · Porphyrin high in blood
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