[Serum lipoproteins in patients with porphyria cutanea tarda].
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.
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Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid.
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Gómez Izquierdo
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Larumbe
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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*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D001053:Apolipoproteins; D008079:Lipoproteins, VLDL
Lipoproteínas séricas en pacientes con porfiria cutánea tarda.