Porphyria Cutanea Tarda Presenting with Scleroderma, Ichthyosis, Alopecia, and Vitiligo [PDF]
Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is a cutaneous porphyria that presents later in life with cutaneous findings in sun-exposed sites. We report a complex case of PCT in a 67-year-old woman with an unusual constellation of cutaneous findings: scleroderma ...
Megan E. MacGillivray +1 more
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A case of porphyria cutanea tarda is presented in which clinical and biochemical remission were associated with the administration of 0.5 gm of chloroquine twice weekly over a seven-month period without adverse effects.
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Pregnancy Induced Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
Prophyria cutanea tarda induced by pregnancy in a 20 year old primi is described along with clinical, biochemical and histological features. All the lesions expect hypertrichosis resolved following childbirth.
Shanker B +4 more
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Porphyria Cutanea Tarda in a Patient With Hereditary Hemochromatosis: A Complex Overlap Disorder. [PDF]
DeMaria BL, Franke AJ.
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Role of ABCB1 and glutathione S-transferase gene variants in the association of porphyria cutanea tarda and human immunodeficiency virus infection. [PDF]
Pagnotta PA +6 more
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A Case-Based Review of Iron Overload With an Emphasis on Porphyria Cutanea Tarda, Hepatitis C, C282Y Heterozygosity, and Coronary Artery Disease. [PDF]
Hashemi L, Nisenbaum R.
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Genetic ancestry of patients with porphyria cutanea tarda in a country with mixed races: a cross-sectional study (Rio de Janeiro - Brazil) [PDF]
: Porphyria cutanea tarda has a complex etiology with genetic factors not completely elucidated. The miscegenation of the Brazilian population has important implications in the predisposition to diseases.
Isabella Brasil Succi +3 more
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Porphyria cutanea tara (PCT) has a prevelance of about 40 new diagnoses per 1 million people per year and is the most frequently occurring type of porphyria worldwide. Inhibition of the uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD) is the main cause of the disease, which can be the result of a heterozygous or homozygous mutation of the UROD gene; however ...
Eric M, Neverman, Rochelle, Parker
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Sporadic Porphyria Cutanea Tarda Induced by Alcohol Abuse [PDF]
Xiu-Min Yang +3 more
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A rare case of porphyria cutanea tarda in a patient with a homozygous hereditary hemochromatosis gene H63D mutation in the setting of hereditary hemochromatosis [PDF]
Jonathan Banta, MD +2 more
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