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Porphyria Cutanea Tarda

Known as: Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), Porphyria Cutanea Tarda [Disease/Finding], PORPHYRIA CUTANEA TARDA SYMPTOMATICA 
A cutaneous form of the genetic photosensitive disease, porphyria, that is characterized by onset in adult life and the presence of scarring bullae… 
National Institutes of Health

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AlopeciaAutosomal dominant inheritanceCoproporphyriaHemin

Broader (2)

Disorders of Porphyrin MetabolismPorphyrias, Hepatic

Narrower (1)

Porphyria Cutanea Tarda, Type I

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Review
2016
Review
2016
Management of Adults with Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia.
It is important to realize that guidelines cannot always account for individual variation among patients. They are not intended… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
A critical analysis of current in vitro and in vivo angiogenesis assays
The study of angiogenesis has grown exponentially over the past 40 years with the recognition that angiogenesis is essential for… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in porphyria cutanea tarda: systematic review and meta-analysis.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Porphyria cutanea tarda, hepatitis C, and HFE gene mutations in north america
In some, but not all countries, porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) has been associated with chronic infection with the hepatitis C… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Comparative efficacy of religious and nonreligious cognitive-behavioral therapy for the treatment of clinical depression in religious individuals.
Two versions of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), one with religious content (RCT) and one with standard protocol (NRCT), were… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Erythropoietin for the treatment of porphyria cutanea tarda in a patient on long-term hemodialysis.
PORPHYRIA cutanea tarda, which is the most common and readily treated form of porphyria in humans, results from a deficiency of… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
A simple percutaneous tracheostomy technique.
PCT techniques have significant advantages when compared with the standard techniques of tracheostomy. We have developed an… 
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Interictal cerebral glucose metabolism in partial epilepsy and its relation to EEG changes
Interictal positron computed tomography (PCT) with 18F‐fluorodeoxyglucose was performed on 50 patients with partial seizure… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
An inherited enzymatic defect in porphyria cutanea tarda: decreased uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase activity.
Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase activity was measured in liver and erythrocytes of normal subjects and in patients with porphyria… 
Highly Cited
1958
Highly Cited
1958
Porphyria cutanea tarda.
Introduction Porphyria is thought to be an "inborn error of metabolism" (Garrod, 1923), i. e., of pyrrole metabolism. Quite a… 
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