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Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) in a patient with chronic renal failure on haemodialysis
Author(s) -
LICHTENSTEIN JACK R.,
BABE ELISABETH J.,
FELSHER BERTRAM F.
Publication year - 1981
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.1365-2133.1981.tb08174.x
Subject(s) - porphyria cutanea tarda , medicine , chronic renal failure , porphyria , hemodialysis , endocrinology , porphyrin , gastroenterology , chemistry , biochemistry
SUMMARY Porphyria cutanea tarda, diagnosed by reduced levels of red cell uroporphyrin decarboxylase and raised plasma porphyrins, developed in a patient with chronic renal failure due to polycystic kidneys, treated with haemodialysis, who had normal total urinary and faecal porphyrins. Haemodialysis did not alter plasma porphyrin levels and we deduced that most of the plasma porphyrins were circulating in high molecular weight protein complexes.