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[Vitamin E in the treatment of cutanea tarda porphyria]
B Mijailović1, D Janković, Z Stefanović
1Vojnomedicinska akademija, Klinika za kozne i polne bolesti, Centralna klinicko-hemijska laboratorija.
Vojnosanitetski Pregled
|May 1, 1993
Abstract:
The results of the treatment with vitamin E of seven patients with late skin porphyria are presented Vitamin E was given in the daily dose from 60 to 90 IU. The treatment resulted in the decrease of urine porphyrine and regression of skin changes. Side effects of vitamin E have not been observed and the pathophysiologic mechanism of its effect is reported.