THE PORPHYRIN CONTENT OF SKIN

[摘要] To clarify the pathogenesis of cutaneous photosensitization in porphyria, the amounts of porphyrin normally present in the skin of man and some laboratory animals have been determined and compared with the range of porphyrin concentrations found in the skin of human subjects with porphyria and of rats with hexachloro-benzene-induced porphyria. Uroporphyrin was present in all the specimens of normal skin analyzed.