Porphyria Cutanea Tarda Treated by Repeated Venesection: Clinical and Biochemical Response
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Clinical spectrum of porphyria cutanea tarda.
Correspondence: Giovanni Borroni, Clinica Dermatologica, IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, 27100 Pavia, Italy. Phone: international +39-0382-503494 – Fax. international +390382-526379. The term porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) refers to a group of disorders biochemically charcaterized by reduced activity of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase in liver and, in familial cases, in a number of tissues and cells...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1969
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591576906200629