Childhood-onset mild cutaneous porphyria with compound heterozygotic mutations in the uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase gene

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 602-605

  Remenyik, E ^a   Lecha, M ^b   Badenas, C ^b   Koszo F ^c   Vass, V ^a   Herrero, C ^b   Varga, V ^a   Emri, G ^a   Balogh, A ^a   Horkay, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; IRON; LIOTHYRONINE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; UROPORPHYRINOGEN DECARBOXYLASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HEPATITIS C; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTRICHOSIS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IRON THERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MENORRHAGIA; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PHLEBOTOMY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN FRAGILITY; URINE LEVEL; UROPORPHYRINOGEN DECARBOXYLASE GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE; PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA; UROPORPHYRINOGEN DECARBOXYLASE;

EID: 49649122487     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02734.x     Document Type: Article

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