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Genetic ancestry of patients with porphyria cutanea tarda in a country with mixed races: a cross-sectional study (Rio de Janeiro - Brazil).
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Anais brasileiros de dermatologia [An Bras Dermatol] 2018 Jan-Feb; Vol. 93 (1), pp. 148-150. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Porphyria cutanea tarda has a complex etiology with genetic factors not completely elucidated. The miscegenation of the Brazilian population has important implications in the predisposition to diseases. There are no studies concerning the genetic ancestry of patients with porphyria cutanea tarda from a mixed population. Thirty patients living in Rio de Janeiro with sporadic porphyria cutanea tarda were studied for the genetic ancestry through informative markers - INDELS. There was a significant predominance of European ancestry across the sample of patients with porphyria cutanea tarda (70.2%), and a small contribution of African and Amerindian ancestry, 20.1% and 10.9%, respectively.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1806-4841
- Volume :
- 93
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Anais brasileiros de dermatologia
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 29641722
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/abd1806-4841.20186666