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A High Skin Protoporphyrin Level in Erythropoietic Protoporphyria

Takashi Miura, Wakio Torinuki, Yutaka Morihana

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A high skin protoporphyrin level (4.36 micrograms/g wet weight) was detected in a 14-year-old girl with erythropoietic protoporphyria who died of protoporphyrin hepatopathy cirrhosis. Excess protoporphyrin was detected in the skin by our assay technique which was assumed to cause severe skin photosensitivity.

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Key concepts: Erythropoietic protoporphyria, Protoporphyrin, Photosensitivity, Dermatology, Medicine, Porphyria, Protoporphyrin IX, Chemistry