Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria: Mutation of the Uroporphyrinogen III Cosynthase Gene in a Vietnamese Patient

Congenital erythropoietic porphyria (CEP) arises from an autosomal recessive inherited disorder of the porphyrin metabolism, which leads to the accumulation of uroporphyrinogen I in bone marrow, skin and several other tissues by a deficiency of uroporphyrinogen III cosynthase (UROS). We studied a Vi...

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Main Authors: Dao Hoang Thien Kim, Asako Kawazoe, Pham Dang Bang, Nguyen Tien Thanh, Shigeru Taketani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2013-03-01
Series:Case Reports in Dermatology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/350679