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Hepatoerythropoietic porphyria: a missense mutation in the UROD gene is associated with mild disease and an unusual porphyrin excretion pattern
1 Oct 2004
Abstract excerpt
Hepatoerythropoietic porphyria (HEP) is an uncommon inherited cutaneous porphyria, related to porphyria cutanea tarda, that results from severe uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD) deficiency. It is characterized clinically by the onset in early childhood of severe lesions on sun-exposed skin. We describe a man aged 38 years with an unusually mild form of the disease that started in his early teens. Our data...
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