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  • Title: Transfusion therapy in a patient with erythropoietic protoporphyria.
    Author: Bechtel MA, Bertolone SJ, Hodge SJ.
    Journal: Arch Dermatol; 1981 Feb; 117(2):99-101. PubMed ID: 7469447.
    Abstract:
    An 8-year-old boy with erythropoietic protoporphyria had a marked decrease in photosensitivity symptoms after several transfusions with washed, packed RBCs. The reduction in photosensitivity was associated with a decline in free erythrocyte protoporphyrin levels.
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