Specimen Type: Urine
Turnaround Time: 2-3+ weeks
Test Markers: 6
PORPHYRINS PROFILE
GENERAL
Porphyrins are generated as the body builds hemoglobin, the compound that carries oxygen in blood cells. Porphyrin (from the Greek word for purple) is made up of four ring compounds joined together, a structure conducive to holding a metal ion in its center, iron in the heme porphyrin of hemoglobin and magnesium in chlorophyll. Small amounts of several porphyrins appear in urine normally. The relative amounts of each porphyrin are altered by certain hereditary diseases and by environmental or nutritional influences. The classic cases of hereditary porphyria displayed highly colored urine and skin eruptions and neurological symptoms of mania and “madness.”
SPECIMEN REQUIREMENTS
Urine: 10 mL of urine collected and poured into an amber vial with no additive.
THIS TEST IS ALSO KNOWN AS:
PORFIRINAS PERFIL
ポルフィリンプロフィール
البروفيرين PROFILE
PORPHYRINE PROFIL
PORPHYRINES PROFIL
PORFIRINE PROFILO
포르피린 소개
PORFIRYN PROFIL
PORFIRINAS PERFIL
PORFİRİNLER PROFİLİ
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