PORPHYRINS
Porphyrins help form many important substances in the body including hemoglobin, a part of red blood cells that carries oxygen in the blood.
A test can be done measure the total amount of porphyrins in your blood.
Alternative Names: Protoporphyrin levels; Porphyrins - total; Coproporphyrin levels; PROTO test
Source: National Library of Medicine, Medline Plus 2008
