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Photosensitivity after treatment of porphyria cutanea tarda with low dose chloroquine
Author(s) -
GOULD P.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1978.tb01627.x
Subject(s) - porphyria cutanea tarda , photosensitivity , chloroquine , medicine , dermatology , porphyria , pathology , malaria , physics , quantum mechanics
SUMMARY Treatment of a patient with porphyria cutanea tarda with low dose chloroquine improved the clinical and biochemical abnormalities in association with a reduction in photosensitivity as shown by changes in the action spectrum.