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porphyria cutanea tarda hereditaria(medicine)
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neurosis tarda(medicine)
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syphilis hereditaria tarda(medicine)

porphyria cutanea tarda (medicine)


porphyria cutanea tarda


A form of hepatic porphyria (porphyria, hepatic) characterised by photosensitivity resulting in bullae that rupture easily to form shallow ulcers. This condition occurs in two forms: a sporadic, nonfamilial form that begins in middle age and has normal amounts of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase with diminished activity in the liver; and a familial form in which there is an autosomal dominant inherited deficiency of uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase in the liver and red blood cells.