Erythropoietic protoporphyria advances today, with a special tribute to the late Professor Ian Magnus

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 501-503

  Murphy, G M ^a   Hawk, J L M ^b  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; FERROCHELATASE; HEME; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ANAMNESIS; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROBLAST; ERYTHROPOIETIC PROTOPORPHYRIA; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; HAPLOTYPE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; LABORATORY TEST; NULL ALLELE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE CONSTRUCTION METHOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SIDEROBLASTIC ANEMIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN PAIN; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SUN EXPOSURE; SYMPTOM;

DERMATOLOGY; ENGLAND; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MUTATION; PROTOPORPHYRIA, ERYTHROPOIETIC;

EID: 33747046595     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07471.x     Document Type: Editorial

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