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Clinical and biochemical characteristics and genotype-phenotype correlation in Finnish variegate porphyria patients.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Oct 2002
von und zu Fraunberg Mikael, Timonen Kaisa, Mustajoki Pertti, Kauppinen Raili
Abstract excerpt
Variegate porphyria (VP) is an inherited metabolic disease resulting from the partial deficiency of protoporphyrinogen oxidase, the penultimate enzyme in the heme biosynthetic pathway. We have evaluated the clinical and biochemical outcome of 103 Finnish VP patients diagnosed between 1966 and 200...
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