title: Phlebotomy treatment in porphyria cutanea tarda combined with beta-thalassaemia.
abstract: In 74 patients with porphyria cutanea tarda, 11 (14.9%) cases of beta-thalassaemia were found. The incidence of beta-thalassaemia in porphyrics is not greater than in non-porphyrics and it seems that beta-thalassaemia is not a factor triggering the development of porphyria cutanea tarda. The phlebotomy treatment is also a convenient method for porphyria cutanea tarda combined with beta-thalassaemia.
mesh_terms: D001815:Bloodletting; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011164:Porphyrias / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy