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Genetic ancestry of patients with porphyria cutanea tarda in a country with mixed races: a cross-sectional study (Rio de Janeiro - Brazil).
Anais brasileiros de dermatologia - 1 Jan 2000
Succi Isabella Brasil, Pôrto Luís Cristóvão, Domingues Patricia Mariana Gonçalves da Rocha Porto, Fonseca João Carlos Macedo
Abstract excerpt
Porphyria cutanea tarda has a complex etiology with genetic factors not completely elucidated. The miscegenation of the Brazilian population has important implications in the predisposition to diseases. There are no studies concerning the genetic ancestry of patients with porphyria cutanea tarda from a mixed population. Thirty patients living in Rio de Janeiro with sporadic porphyria cutanea tarda were studied...
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