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. 1978 Dec;138(6):924-7.
doi: 10.1093/infdis/138.6.924.

Carotenoid pigments and the treatment of erythropoietic protoporphyria

M M Mathews-Roth

Carotenoid pigments and the treatment of erythropoietic protoporphyria

M M Mathews-Roth. J Infect Dis. 1978 Dec.

Abstract

Carotenoid pigments protect photosynthetic organisms against photosensitization by their own chlorophyll. This photoprotective function of carotenoids was utilized in the treatment of a human photosensitivity disease, erythropoietic protoporphyria.

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