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Manifestation of familial porphyria cutanea tarda after childbirth
Author(s) -
MALINA L.,
LIM C.K.
Publication year - 1988
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.1365-2133.1988.tb01781.x
Subject(s) - dermatology , medicine , porphyria cutanea tarda , family medicine
summary We report the case of a woman with hereditary porphyria cutanea tarda which manifested 3 weeks after she gave birth to her second child. The mother of the patient had also been diagnosed and treated for porphyria cutanea tarda. Reduced red cell uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase activity was found in the patient, the new‐born child and the patient's mother. Normal enzyme activity was found in the patient's first child.