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Porphyria cutanea tarda as a complication of therapy for chronic hepatitis C.
World journal of gastroenterology - 14 Oct 2008
Azim James, McCurdy Heather, Moseley Richard-H
Abstract excerpt
There is a strong association between porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) and chronic viral hepatitis C. Therapy for chronic viral hepatitis C may improve PCT. However, there are only a few reports of the de novo development of PCT during therapy for chronic viral hepatitis C. We describe the development of PCT in a 56-year-old patient with chronic viral hepatitis C after 12 wk of peginterferon/ribavirin therapy. In...
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