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Hepatoerythropoietic porphyria


Hepatoerythropoietic porphyria is a very rare form of hepatic porphyria caused by a disorder in the gene which codes Uroporphyrinogen III decarboxylase (UROD).

It is sometimes called porphyria cutanea tarda type 2.

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