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.
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University Center of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases-Clarunis, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
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