HAART: a risk factor for development of porphyria cutanea tarda?
Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is caused by inherited or acquired partial deficiency of the uroporphyrinogen-decarboxylase (Uro-D) enzyme activity. It is the most common form of porphyria. The main triggering factors to the development of porphyria cutanea tarda are alcohol, hepatitis C virus and hum...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:9d63a22583794f648559e89500834796 2023-05-15T15:00:15+02:00 HAART: a risk factor for development of porphyria cutanea tarda? Fred Bernardes Filho Maria Victória Pinto Quaresma Santos Felipe Nazareth de Matos Pinto de Carvalho Carlos Gustavo Carneiro de Castro Elisabete Dobao Marcelo Rosandiski Lyra Vinícius de Menezes José Augusto da Costa Nery 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822012000600022 https://doaj.org/article/9d63a22583794f648559e89500834796 EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822012000600022&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 1678-9849 doi:10.1590/S0037-86822012000600022 https://doaj.org/article/9d63a22583794f648559e89500834796 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 45, Iss 6, Pp 764-767 (2012) Porfiria cutanea tarda HAART HIV Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2012 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822012000600022 2022-12-31T03:21:57Z Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is caused by inherited or acquired partial deficiency of the uroporphyrinogen-decarboxylase (Uro-D) enzyme activity. It is the most common form of porphyria. The main triggering factors to the development of porphyria cutanea tarda are alcohol, hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus. There are several reports of PCT associated with drugs, among them, antiretroviral therapy. We describe three HIV-positive patients, which showed photosensitivity as well as the emergence of tense blisters on sun-exposed areas during the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and discuss the possibility of PCT after the use of these drugs by those patients. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 45 6 764 767 |
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Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) is caused by inherited or acquired partial deficiency of the uroporphyrinogen-decarboxylase (Uro-D) enzyme activity. It is the most common form of porphyria. The main triggering factors to the development of porphyria cutanea tarda are alcohol, hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus. There are several reports of PCT associated with drugs, among them, antiretroviral therapy. We describe three HIV-positive patients, which showed photosensitivity as well as the emergence of tense blisters on sun-exposed areas during the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and discuss the possibility of PCT after the use of these drugs by those patients. |
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Fred Bernardes Filho Maria Victória Pinto Quaresma Santos Felipe Nazareth de Matos Pinto de Carvalho Carlos Gustavo Carneiro de Castro Elisabete Dobao Marcelo Rosandiski Lyra Vinícius de Menezes José Augusto da Costa Nery |
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Fred Bernardes Filho Maria Victória Pinto Quaresma Santos Felipe Nazareth de Matos Pinto de Carvalho Carlos Gustavo Carneiro de Castro Elisabete Dobao Marcelo Rosandiski Lyra Vinícius de Menezes José Augusto da Costa Nery |
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HAART: a risk factor for development of porphyria cutanea tarda? |
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HAART: a risk factor for development of porphyria cutanea tarda? |
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