Transfusion therapy in a patient with erythropoietic protoporphyria
- 1 February 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology
- Vol. 117 (2), 99-101
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.117.2.99
Abstract
An 8 yr old boy with erythropoietic protoporphyria had a marked decrease in photosensitivity symptoms after several transfusions with washed, packed red blood cells. The photosensitivity reduction was associated with a decline in free erythrocyte protoporphyrin levels.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Beta carotene therapy for erythropoietic protoporphyria and other photosensitivity diseasesArchives of Dermatology, 1977
- Transfusion therapy for cerebrovascular abnormalities in sickle cell diseaseThe Journal of Pediatrics, 1976