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Case Reports
. 1984 May;110(5):613-7.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1984.tb04687.x.

Is hepatoerythropoietic porphyria a homozygous form of porphyria cutanea tarda? Inheritance of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase deficiency in a Spanish family

P Lazaro, R E de Salamanca, G H Elder, M L Villaseca, S Chinarro, G Jaqueti
Case Reports

Is hepatoerythropoietic porphyria a homozygous form of porphyria cutanea tarda? Inheritance of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase deficiency in a Spanish family

P Lazaro et al. Br J Dermatol. 1984 May.

Abstract

A patient with hepatoerythropoietic porphyria (HEP) is described. He was shown by a family study to be homozygous for a gene that causes greater than 95% suppression of erythrocyte uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase activity.

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