Porphyria cutanea tarda occurring in a patient with renal failure, systemic lupus erythematosus and chronic hepatitis C infection treated with hemodialysis

Cutis

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 237-239

  Lee, Patricia K ^a,b   Abrahams, Irving ^a   Bickers, David R ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; PHLEBOTOMY; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PHLEBOTOMY; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033209463     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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