"Porphyrins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of compounds containing the porphin structure, four pyrrole rings connected by methine bridges in a cyclic configuration to which a variety of side chains are attached. The nature of the side chain is indicated by a prefix, as uroporphyrin, hematoporphyrin, etc. The porphyrins, in combination with iron, form the heme component in biologically significant compounds such as hemoglobin and myoglobin.
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D011166
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.129.578.840.500 D03.633.400.909.500 D04.345.783.500 D23.767.727
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Porphyrins" by people in Profiles.
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Cost effectiveness of photodynamic therapy with verteporfin for age related macular degeneration: the UK case. Br J Ophthalmol. 2004 Sep; 88(9):1107-12.
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Cutaneous photosensitivity and coproporphyrin abnormalities in the Alagille syndrome. Gastroenterology. 1990 Sep; 99(3):831-5.