title: [Serum lipoproteins in patients with porphyria cutanea tarda].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To know the lipid profile in patients with porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT).
  
  
  METHODS
  Serum lipoproteins have been studied in 64 males with PCT: 42 with chronic hepatitis C and 22 seronegatives for hepatitis B and C virus. Thirteen patients without porphyria, but with chronic hepatitis C, and 13 healthy subjects were also studied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Patients with chronic hepatitis C, with or without PCT, had a decrease of total and VLDL cholesterol (TC and VLDLc) and apolipoprotein (apo) B in comparison with healthy controls and seronegative for hepatitis C virus patients with PCT.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lipid abnormalities found in PCT are not related with this disease, but with the presence of chronic hepatitis C often associated to PCT.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fernández-Miranda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de la Calle
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Gómez Izquierdo
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Larumbe
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Enríquez de Salamanca
mesh_terms: D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D019698:Hepatitis C, Chronic / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017119:Porphyria Cutanea Tarda / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D001053:Apolipoproteins; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL
vernacular_title: Lipoproteínas séricas en pacientes con porfiria cutánea tarda.