Urinary porphyrin excretion in hepatitis C infection [PDF]
, 1999 A high prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in porphyria cutanea tarda in some populations suggests a close link between viral hepatitis and alteration of porphyrin metabolism.
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Porphyrias associated with malignant tumors: Results of treatment with ionizing irradiation [PDF]
, 2001 Background: Porphyrin metabolism disorders, known as porphyria, represent inherited or acquired diseases. The development of porphyria due to light sensibility occurs especially with exposure to wavelengths in the range of 300-700 nm.
Dühmke, Eckhart +4 more
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Przegląd Dermatologiczny, 2019 Porphyria cutanea tarda belongs to the group of porphyrias. Porphyria is a heme disorder caused by an acquired or congenital defect of hepatic enzymes. This consequently leads to the accumulation of porphyrins in various organs.
Marcela Nowak +3 more
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Porphyria Cutanea Tarda Presenting as Erythema-multiforme Like Lesions
Journal of Nepal Health Research Council, 2019 Porphyria cutaneatarda, is the most common type of porphyria.It is characterized by defective uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase enzyme.It presents with erosion, bulla with milia formation and sometimes with hypertrichosis and abnormal pigmentation ...
Niraj Parajuli +2 more
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Scleral Necrosis in Porphyria Cutanea Tarda: A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2022 Scleral necrosis is a rare but well documented ocular manifestation of Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT). The PCT is caused by a deficiency of Uroporphyrinogen Decarboxylase (Uro-D).
Ruchi Shukla +2 more
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Allogeneic corneoscleral limbus tissue transplantation for treatment of the necrosis in porphyria eye disease [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2014 Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) with ocular complications are rarely reported. To the best of our knowledge, no reports exist on allogeneic corneoscleral limbus tissue transplantation for treatment of these. Amniotic membrane grafting had been performed in
Feng Yan +4 more
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HAART: a risk factor for development of porphyria cutanea tarda?
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2012 Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is caused by inherited or acquired partial deficiency of the uroporphyrinogen-decarboxylase (Uro-D) enzyme activity. It is the most common form of porphyria.
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Characterization of a new mutation (R292G) and a deletion at the human uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase locus in two patients with hepatoerythropoietic porphyria [PDF]
, 1992 A deficiency in the activity of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD), the fifth enzyme of the haem biosynthetic pathway, is found in familial porphyria cutanea tarda (F-PCT) and hepatoerythropoietic porphyria (HEP). A new mutation (R292G) and a deletion
Bourgeois, F. (Francine) +6 more
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Serum organochlorines and urinary porphyrin pattern in a population highly exposed to hexachlorobenzene [PDF]
, 2002 Background: Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is caused by hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in several species of laboratory mammals, but the human evidence is contradictory.
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