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disease > eye disease > erythropoietic porphyria > Günther congenital porphyria
disease > hemopathy > erythropoietic porphyria > Günther congenital porphyria
disease > metabolic diseases > porphyria > erythropoietic porphyria > Günther congenital porphyria
disease > enzymopathy > porphyria > erythropoietic porphyria > Günther congenital porphyria

Preferred term

Günther congenital porphyria  

Definition(s)

  • Gunther disease, is a congenital form of erythropoietic porphyria. The word porphyria originated from the Greek word porphura. Porphura actually means "purple pigment", which, in suggestion, the color that the body fluid changes when a person has Gunther's disease. It is a rare, autosomal recessive metabolic disorder affecting heme, caused by deficiency of the enzyme uroporphyrinogen cosynthetase. (Wikipedia)

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  • Gunther congenital porphyria

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