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Case Report: Treatment of porphyria cutanea tarda with low dose hydroxychloroquine

2022-08-17

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<h4>Background: </h4> Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is a complex metabolic disease resulting from altered activity of the enzyme uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD) in the liver resulting in accumulation of uroporphyrin. PCT presents as a blistering photodermatitis with skin fragility, vesicles, scarring and milia. Case: We report a case of PCT in a 67-year-old man with hemochromatosis (HFE) gene mutation who,...

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Literature Corpus work: 3025cdc0-ed88-58ce-9478-b77cd7fdebae
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.124022.1

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