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Porphyria Cutanea TardaPorphyria Cutanea Tarda. Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is a term encompassing a group of acquired and familial disorders in which activity of the heme ...
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Variegate PorphyriaVariegate Porphyria. Variegate porphyria (VP) is an inherited disorder of porphyrin-heme metabolism arising from mutations of the gene encoding the enzyme ...
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Diseases of Tetrapyrrole Metabolism - Refsum Disease and the Hepatic PorphyriasDiseases of Tetrapyrrole Metabolism - Refsum Disease and the Hepatic Porphyrias. Refsum disease and the hepatic porphyrias are rare inherited ...
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Porphyria OverviewPorphyria Overview. Porphyria is named from the ancient Greek word porphura, meaning purple. ...Background Porphyria is named from the ancient Greek ...
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Cutaneous PorphyriaCutaneous Porphyria. Porphyria is a predominantly inherited metabolic disorder, resulting from a deficiency of an enzyme in the heme production pathway, ...
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PseudoporphyriaPseudoporphyria. Porphyrias are metabolic disorders of heme synthesis. ...Introduction Background Porphyrias are metabolic disorders of heme synthesis. ...
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Cutaneous Manifestations of Hepatitis C... less definite relationship to HCV is observed with systemic vasculitis, porphyria cutanea tarda, and the sicca syndromes. HCV is a major public health ...
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Bullous Disease of Dialysis... 2] The skin lesions clinically and histologically resemble those of porphyria cutanea tarda. Lesions occur predominantly in sun-exposed skin—most ...
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Abnormal Findings on the Hands: Clues to Systemic Disease... (hepatitis c virus),herpetic whitlow,infective endocarditis,porphyria cutanea tarda,raynaud phenomenon,raynaud's phenomenon,systemic ...
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Dermatologic Manifestations of Renal Disease... and hemosiderin deposition. The large bullae are consistent with either porphyria cutanea tarda or the bullous disease of dialysis. All nails show the ...