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Erythropoietic Protoporphyria
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Erythropoietic Protoporphyria

    This photo shows rough, thickened, and leathery skin on the hand of a person who has erythropoietic protoporphyria.

By permission of the publisher. From Bloomer J, Risheg H. In Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Liver. Edited by M Feldman (series editor) and WC Maddrey. Philadelphia, Current Medicine, 2004.

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Erythropoietic Protoporphyria and X-Linked Protoporphyria

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