Cimetidine (H2 histamine antagonist), Fexofenadine (H1 histamine antagonist), and Zinc sulphate in the treatment of erythropoietic protoporphyria
Background: Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) patients are deficient in the ferrochelatase enzyme which converts protoporphyrin IX (PpIX) into heme, causing PpIX to accumulate in mature erythrocytes and skin. When skin is exposed to visible light, a phototoxic reaction occurs with clinical symptom...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2025-06-01
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| Series: | Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1572100025001760 |
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