Recessive inheritance of erythropoietic protoporphyria with liver failure.

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Erythropoietic protoporphyria is characterised by skin photosensitivity and deficiency of ferrochelatase; fatal liver disease occurs rarely. Transmission is considered to be dominant with incomplete penetrance. We investigated a family in which two siblings with erythropoietic protoporphyria developed hepatic failure that required transplantation. Their healthy parents had partial enzyme deficiency and were each...

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