Which of the following is a characteristic feature of acute intermittent porphyria? 1) autosomal recessive inheritance 2) excessive faecal protoporphyrin excretion 3) excessive urinary porphobilinigoen between acute attacks 4) hypernatraemia during attacks 5) photosensitivity

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Answers-3 Features of acute intermittent porphyria include urinary porphobilinogen excretion raised between attacks, hyponatraemia during an acute attack and autosomal dominant inheritance.

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