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  • Title: Porphyria cutanea tarda and the pill: case report.
    Author: Austad WI, Hamilton-Gibbs JS.
    Journal: N Z Med J; 1975 Jan 08; 81(531):8-10. PubMed ID: 1055316.
    Abstract:
    A patient is described who developed porphyria cutanea tarda in association with the use of a contraceptive pill. The relationship to porphyrin metabolism as at present understood, as well as the significance of abdominal pain and change in psyche, is discussed. Stopping the pill has been associated with a remission.
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