title: Urinary porphyrin pattern in liver damage.
abstract: Known techniques were used with slight modification to analyse and quantify porphyrins in the urine samples of normal human subjects, of clinically established jaundice cases and of women taking oral contraceptives. The results indicate that the urinary porphyrin pattern can be a useful tool in the detection of early liver injury.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003271:Contraceptive Agents, Female / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000652:urine; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000652:urine*; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D003271:Contraceptive Agents, Female; D011166:Porphyrins