VP (medical condition): A rare metabolic disorder characterized by a deficiency of a certain enzyme which results in a build-up in the body of porphyrins or their precursors. This form of hepatic porphyria causes the sufferer to have acute attacks as well as skin sensitivity.
See also:
Variegate porphyria:
»Introduction: Variegate porphyria
»Symptoms of Variegate porphyria
VP: Abbreviation for vasopressin; variegate porphyria.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
VP is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that VP, or a subtype of VP,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
VP: Another name for Variegate porphyria (or close medical condition association).
»Introduction: Variegate porphyria
»Symptoms of Variegate porphyria
Some of the symptoms of VP incude:
See full list of 33 symptoms of VP (Variegate porphyria)
These medical disease topics may be related to VP:
Source - NIH
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