Haem arginate as effective maintenance therapy for hereditary coproporphyria

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 135-138

  Ma, Ellen ^a   Mar, Victoria ^a   Varigos, George ^a   Nicoll, Amanda ^a   Ross, Gayle ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute porphyria; Haem arginate; Hereditary coproporphyria

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; COPROPORPHYRINOGEN OXIDASE; HEME ARGINATE; PORPHOBILINOGEN; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; COLON RESECTION; COPROPORPHYRIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE SEQUENCE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; KELOID; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MISSENSE MUTATION; PALLOR; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; SKIN FRAGILITY; STEROID THERAPY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARGININE; COPROPORPHYRIA, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; HEME; HUMANS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; PORPHOBILINOGEN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958193817     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: 14400960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-0960.2011.00747.x     Document Type: Article

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