| Literature DB >> 7681315 |
J P Lacour1, I Bodokh, J Castanet, S Bekri, J P Ortonne.
Abstract
We have studied the prevalence of hepatitis C virus antibodies (anti-HCV) in 13 patients suffering from sporadic porphyria cutanea tarda. The sera were tested by Abbott second-generation enzyme immunoassay; seropositivity was confirmed by Ortho second-generation recombinant immunoblot assay. Ten cases (76.1%) were anti-HCV positive; one patient was also seropositive for HIV. This preliminary study suggests that HCV could be a frequent triggering factor for sporadic porphyria cutanea tarda.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID： 7681315 DOI： 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1993.tb15139.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br J Dermatol ISSN： 0007-0963 Impact factor: 9.302