Simultaneous manifestation of variegate porphyria in monozygotic twins

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 503-505

  Borradori, L ^a   Van Tuyll Van Serooskerken, A M ^b,c,d   Abraham, S ^a   Hohl, D ^f   Schneider Yin, X ^e   Minder, E ^e   Frank, J ^b,c,d  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Zentrallabor and Swiss Porphyrin Reference Laboratory   (Switzerland)

^f LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Monozygotic twins; Porphyria; Protoporphyrinogen oxidase; Recurrent mutation; Variegate porphyria

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COPROPORPHYRIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EROSION; FLUOROMETRY; HAND; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; PORPHYRIA VARIEGATA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN FRAGILITY;

ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; PORPHYRIA, VARIEGATE; PROTOPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 47549116725     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2008.08663.x     Document Type: Letter

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