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Increased phototoxic burn tolerance time and quality of life in patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria treated with afamelanotide – a three years observational study
BACKGROUND: Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is an ultra-rare genetic disorder (prevalence 1:150`000) characterized by instant painful phototoxic burn reactions in skin exposed to visible light. Afamelanotide is the first clinically tested therapy effectively increasing the time EPP patients can...
Autores principales: | Barman-Aksözen, Jasmin, Nydegger, Michèle, Schneider-Yin, Xiaoye, Minder, Anna-Elisabeth |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7437008/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32811524 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13023-020-01505-6 |
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