Congenital erythropoietic porphyria

Congenital erythropoietic porphyria (CEP), or “Günther disease”, is a rare variant of porphyria. It is an autosomal recessive disease caused by deficient uroporphyrinogen III synthase (URO-III-synthase), the fourth enzyme in the heme biosynthetic pathway. We herein report a case of a man with the ty...

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Main Authors: Wen-Hao Lee, Wei-Chun Tai, Po-Yuan Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-06-01
Series:Dermatologica Sinica
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1027811711000917