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[Role of the hemochromatosis gene in prophyria cutanea tarda. Prospective study of 56 cases].
Annales de dermatologie et de venereologie - 1 May 2001
Skowron F, Bérard F, Grézard P, Wolf F, Morel Y, Perrot H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The cause of iron overload in prophyria cutanea tada is unknown. The aim of this work was to determine the frequency of the hemochromatosis gene (HFE) in 56 patients with porphyria cutanea tarda. We analyzed the relationship between HFE mutations and biochemical abnormalities in porphyria cutanea tarda and the interaction with other triggering factors of porphyria cutanea tarda (alcohol abuse,...
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