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Diagnosis

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Authoring team

  • history and appropriate ethnic background suggest the diagnosis
  • exclusion of other causes of a similar clinical picture:
    • acute pancreatitis
    • acute appendicitis
    • porphyria
    • intestinal obstruction
    • cholecystitis
  • raised levels of plasma dopamine beta-hydroxylase

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