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Transfusion therapy in a patient with erythropoietic protoporphyria.

Abstract
An 8-year-old boy with erythropoietic protoporphyria had a marked decrease in photosensitivity symptoms after several transfusions with washed, packed RBCs. The reduction in photosensitivity was associated with a decline in free erythrocyte protoporphyrin levels.
AuthorsM A Bechtel, S J Bertolone, S J Hodge
JournalArchives of dermatology (Arch Dermatol) Vol. 117 Issue 2 Pg. 99-101 (Feb 1981) ISSN: 0003-987X [Print] United States
PMID7469447 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Porphyrins
  • Protoporphyrins
Topics
  • Blood Transfusion
  • Child
  • Erythrocytes
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Photosensitivity Disorders (blood, therapy)
  • Porphyrias (physiopathology, therapy)
  • Porphyrins (metabolism)
  • Protoporphyrins (metabolism)

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