Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria: eMedicine Dermatology

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Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria: eMedicine Dermatology

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Overview: Erythropoietic porphyria (EP) is a rare inborn error of porphyrin-heme synthesis inherited that is as an autosomal recessive trait. The inheritance of 2 mutant alleles for the gene encoding the enzyme uroporphyrinogen III synthase leads to ...

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Congenital erythropoietic protoporphyria is a genetic disorder involving a deficiency of the enzyme ferrochelatase. http://bit.ly/91GRwn

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