The diagnosis and management of erythropoietic protoporphyria

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 561-566

  Thapar, Manish ^a,e   Bonkovsky, Herbert L ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^e Division of Gastroenterology   (United States)

Author keywords

Erythropoietic protoporphyria; Metabolic disorders

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BETA CAROTENE; COLESTYRAMINE; CYSTEINE; FERROCHELATASE; HEMATIN; HEME ARGINATE; PROTOPORPHYRIN; SUNSCREEN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID; ZINC OXIDE;

ANEMIA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EXCHANGE BLOOD TRANSFUSION; GALLSTONE; GENE EXPRESSION; HEPATOERYTHROPOIETIC PORPHYRIA; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; IRON THERAPY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FIBROSIS; LIVER INJURY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMAPHERESIS; REVIEW; SKIN DISCOLORATION;

EID: 51849158411     PISSN: 15547914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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