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The low expression allele (IVS3-48C) of the ferrochelatase gene leads to low enzyme activity associated with erythropoietic protoporphyria

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This work was supported in part by a Grant from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan.

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  1. Department of Biotechnology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Kyoto, 606-8585, Japan

    Tsuyoshi Tahara, Masayoshi Yamamoto & Shigeru Taketani

  2. Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Yasuda Women’s University, Hiroshima, 731-0153, Japan

    Reiko Akagi

  3. Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan

    Hideo Harigae

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Tahara, T., Yamamoto, M., Akagi, R. et al. The low expression allele (IVS3-48C) of the ferrochelatase gene leads to low enzyme activity associated with erythropoietic protoporphyria. Int J Hematol 92, 769–771 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12185-010-0725-3

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