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Results 1 - 6 of 6 for Cutaneous porphyria
  1. Porphyria From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)  
    ... making heme. Acute porphyrias affect the nervous system; cutaneous porphyrias affect the skin. ... heme, hemoglobin, porphyrin, liver, bone marrow, acute porphyria, cutaneous porphyria, acute intermittent porphyria, porphyria cutanea tarda, protoporphyria, nervous ...
    https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/liver-disease/porphyria - External Health Links
  2. Learning about Porphyria From the National Institutes of Health (National Human Genome Research Institute)  
    Porphyria/Genetics ... Porphyria ... National Human Genome Research Institute ... From the National Institutes of Health ... The porphyrias are a group of different diseases, ...
    https://www.genome.gov/Genetic-Disorders/Porphyria - External Health Links
  3. Porphyria (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Porphyria/Start Here ... Porphyria ... Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    https://www.mayoclinic.org/.../symptoms-causes/syc-20356066?p=1 - External Health Links
  4. Porphyria 
    ... signs and symptoms. Some types of porphyria, called cutaneous porphyrias, primarily affect the skin. Areas of skin exposed ... in skin coloring (pigmentation), and increased hair growth. Cutaneous ... porphyria, erythropoietic protoporphyria, hepatoerythropoietic porphyria, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/porphyria -
  5. Porphyrin Tests: MedlinePlus Medical Test 
    ... nervous system . Sometimes they affect the skin, too. Cutaneous porphyrias are long lasting and affect only the skin, ... for certain types of acute porphyria) Symptoms of cutaneous porphyria happen when skin is exposed to sunlight. Symptoms of some types of cutaneous porphyria include: Blisters Fragile skin that is easily wounded ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/lab-tests/porphyrin-tests - Medical Tests
  6. Phototherapy (VisualDX)  
    Psoriasis/Treatments and Therapies ... Psoriasis ... VisualDX ... Phototherapy uses ultraviolet (UV) light under medical supervision to treat certain skin diseases.
    https://skinsight.com/skin-conditions/phototherapy/?Imiw9cApl=1 - External Health Links