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Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2004

A patient, who suffers from congenital erythropoietic porphyria, has skin photosensitivity. The accumulation of which compound in the skin can cause it?

Answer options

  1. Protoporphyrin
  2. Heme
  3. Uroporphyrinogen 1
  4. Uroporphyrinogen 2
  5. Coproporphyrinogen 3
Correct answer

Uroporphyrinogen 1

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