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Description of a new mutation in hepatoerythropoietic porphyria and prenatal exclusion of a homozygous fetus.
Archives of dermatology - 1 Jul 2002
Ged Cécile, Ozalla D, Herrero C, Lecha M, Mendez M, de Verneuil H, Mascaro J M
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BACKGROUND: Hepatoerythropoietic porphyria (HEP) is usually a severe form of cutaneous porphyria, characterized biochemically by an increased urinary excretion of polycarboxylated porphyrins. The disease is the result of a profound deficiency (<10% of normal activity) of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD) activity. Hepatoerythropoietic porphyria is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait, whereas familial...
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