Late-onset erythropoietic porphyria caused by a chromosome 18q deletion in erythroid cells

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1647-1649

  Aplin, Carolyn ^a   Whatley, Sharon D ^b   Thompson, Peter ^b   Hoy, Terry ^b   Fisher, Paul ^b   Singer, Charles ^a   Lovell, Christopher R ^a   Elder, George H ^b  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deletion; Erythropoietic protoporphyria; FECH; Ferrochelatase; Myelodysplasia

Indexed keywords

FERROCHELATASE; UROPORPHYRINOGEN III SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONGENITAL ERYTHROPOIETIC PORPHYRIA; ERYTHROID CELL; GERM LINE; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; MALE; MUTATION; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035675628     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-202x.2001.01560.x     Document Type: Article

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