TY - JOUR
T1 - A porphyrin-soaked diaper
AU - Pierach, Claus A.
AU - Ippen, Hellmut
PY - 1994/6/9
Y1 - 1994/6/9
N2 - To the Editor: The superb photographs of a diaper soaked with urine containing a high porphyrin level (Jan. 13 issue)1 warrant additional clarification so as not to mislead readers1. No specific diagnosis beyond porphyria is given, and it should be understood that fluorescence of a diaper under Wood's light, as shown in the image, is typically encountered only in congenital erythropoietic porphyria (Gunther's disease), which is one of the rarest porphyrias2. Since this test or observation is of no value in the other porphyrias, detailed diagnostic tests have to follow the initial suspicion in order to ascertain the.
AB - To the Editor: The superb photographs of a diaper soaked with urine containing a high porphyrin level (Jan. 13 issue)1 warrant additional clarification so as not to mislead readers1. No specific diagnosis beyond porphyria is given, and it should be understood that fluorescence of a diaper under Wood's light, as shown in the image, is typically encountered only in congenital erythropoietic porphyria (Gunther's disease), which is one of the rarest porphyrias2. Since this test or observation is of no value in the other porphyrias, detailed diagnostic tests have to follow the initial suspicion in order to ascertain the.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199406093302319
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199406093302319
M3 - Letter
C2 - 8177287
AN - SCOPUS:0028338661
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 330
SP - 1690
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 23
ER -