Variegate porphyria: Past, present and future

Skin Pharmacology and Applied Skin Physiology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 310-320

  Frank, Jorge ^a,b   Christiana, Angela M ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genodermatoses; Heme pathway; Photosensitivity; Protophyrinogen oxidase; Variegate porphyria

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BUSERELIN; DIAMORPHINE; DIHYDROCODEINE; HEMATIN; HEME; HEME ARGINATE; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PROTOPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET THERAPY; HEME SYNTHESIS; HEPATIC PORPHYRIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; PORPHYRIA VARIEGATA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; SYMPTOM; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

FLAVOPROTEINS; FORECASTING; HEME; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PORPHYRIAS, HEPATIC; PROTOPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE;

EID: 0032465822     PISSN: 14222868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029854     Document Type: Review

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