title: Faecal porphyrin excretion in various types of porphyria. Thin layer chromatographic study.
abstract: A new method of thin layer chromatography was used for the study of faecal porphyrins in 31 porphyric patients (20 cases of porphyria cutanea tarda, 5 cases of porphyria variegata, 2 cases of hereditary coproporphyria, 1 case of acute intermittent porphyria and 3 cases of erythropoietic protoporphyria), 14 of their clinically normal relatives and 5 controls. The pattern obtained was characteristic of each type of porphyria and compared to previously published data.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011164:Porphyrias / Q000378:metabolism*; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D011166:Porphyrins