Learning on ScreenClinical Disorders of Porphyrin Metabolism (2 Parts)
- Synopsis
- Haems and porphyrins are present in every living cell of the body and disorders of their metabolism can take place in a number of clinical states. Acute intermittent porphyria is the most important of the porphyria disorders. The disease can be provoked by drugs such as barbiturates, and an endogenous abnormality of 17-oxosteroid metabolism has been identifiedin majority of cases. The cutaneous porphyrias present with skin photosensitivity, due to a defect in the liver, are sometimes associated with alcoholism or hepatic cirrhosis and sometimes with excessive porphyrin production in erythrocyte precursors of the bone marrow. Abnormalities of porphyrin metabolism also occur in lead poisoning, a number of anaemias including the secondary anaemias of infection and neoplasm, and the sideroachrestic anaemias.
- Series
- Scientific Basis of Medicine, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. b&w. 41, 54 min.
- Year of production
- 1972
- Availability
- Sale
- Uses
- Postgraduate audiences in medical and biological sciences.
- Subjects
- Medical sciences
- Keywords
- porphyria
Credits
- Director
- Peter Bowen
- Producer
- Peter Bowen
- Writer
- Abe Goldberg
- Cast
Abe Goldberg
Production Company
- Name
University of London Audio-Visual Centre
- Notes
- Closed down.
Sponsor
- Name
British Postgraduate Medical Federation
- Phone
- 071-831 7599
- Address
- 33 Millman Street
LONDON
WC1N 3EJ
Distributor
- Name
Wellcome Film
- misc@wellcome.ac.uk
- Web
- http://wellcomelibrary.org/about-us/about-the-collections/moving-image-and-sound-collection/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7611 8766
- Fax
- 020 7611 8577
- Address
- Moving Image & Sound Collections
Wellcome Library
183 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BE
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