Variegate porphyria

Seminars in Liver Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-41

  Kirsch, Ralph E ^a   Meissner, Peter N ^a   Hift, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acute attack; Protoporphyrinogen oxidase; Variegate porphyria

Indexed keywords

PROTOPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE;

AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PORPHYRIA VARIEGATA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 0031939030     PISSN: 02728087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1007138     Document Type: Review

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