title: [Treatment of porphyria cutanea tarda with intermittent chloroquine].
abstract: Intermittent chloroquine medication was given to 15 patients with porphyria cutanea tarda. These are the advantages of the chloroquine treatment: The clinical signs of porphyria cutanea tarda and the liver-dysfunction are re-adjusted in short time. The equilibrium of porphyrin metabolism is restored by the transformation of the biochemical manifest porphyria cutanea tarda into a latent form.
mesh_terms: D002738:Chloroquine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011164:Porphyrias / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000652:urine; D011166:Porphyrins / Q000652:urine; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D011166:Porphyrins; D002738:Chloroquine
vernacular_title: Behandlung der Porphyria cutanea tarda mit intermittierender Resochinmedikation.