[Association of Idiopathic Hemochromatosis With Porphyria-cutanea-tarda]
(1991) Acta Clinica Belgica (Multilingual Edition) — Vol. 46, n° 5, p. 333-337 (1991)
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- Porphyria cutanea tarda is a disorder of porphyrin metabolism that results from a deficiency of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase, resulting in a characteristic pattern of porphyrin excretion. Elevated serum iron values are frequently observed among patients with porphyria cutanea tarda. The hypothesis has been advanced that a hemochromatosis allele is implicated in the clinical manifestation of porphyria cutanea tarda. We report the case of a patient suffering from both idiopathic hemochromatosis and porphyria cutanea tarda. The data of the medical literature concerning such an association are discussed.
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Buysschaert, M., Verstraeten, L., Novik, V., Brasseur, A., Donckier, J., & Hassoun, A. (1991). [Association of Idiopathic Hemochromatosis With Porphyria-cutanea-tarda]. Acta Clinica Belgica (Multilingual Edition), 46(5), 333-337. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/43528 (Original work published 1991)