PubMed · 5819218
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J W Henderson. 1969. Eye changes with thyroid disease.. https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.1969.11697130
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Ninety two patients suffering from porphyria cutanea tarda were examined ophthalmologically in a paired case-control study. The incidence of pinguecula and that of pterygium were 8 times and 2 times higher, respectively, in PCT patients that in the control group. The photodamage of the conjunctiva is presumed to be a result of the photoactivity of uroporphyrin in the tissues.
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