"Variegate porphyria " ( also " porphyria variegata " or " mixed porphyria " ), which results from a partial deficiency in PROTO oxidase, manifests itself with skin lesions similar to those of porphyria cutanea tarda combined with acute neurologic attacks.
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The new research, for example, resulted in the committee putting a rare skin disease, porphyria cutanea tarda, or PCT, in a new classification indicating there was less evidence of a link between the condition and the herbicides than there had been.
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_There is " limited / suggestive evidence of an association " between herbicides and respiratory cancers ( lung, larynx and trachea ), prostate cancer, myeloma, spina bifida, acute and subacute peripheral neuropathy, a nerve disorder, and porphyria cutanea tarda, a skin disease.
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In the 20 % of cases where porphyria cutanea tarda is inherited, it is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern, which means one copy of the altered gene is sufficient to decrease enzyme activity and cause the signs and symptoms of the disorder.
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:Our agent orange article says " The VA has listed prostate cancer, respiratory cancers, multiple myeloma, type II diabetes, Hodgkin s disease, non-Hodgkin s lymphoma, soft tissue sarcoma, chloracne, porphyria cutanea tarda, peripheral neuropathy, and spinal bifidia in children of veterans exposed to Agent Orange as side effects of the herbicide . "-- Talk 14 : 48, 9 December 2005 ( UTC)
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Other medical conditions such as keratoconus ( an eye disorder that results in extreme optic sensitivity to sunlight and bright lights ), migraine which can be triggered by bright light, and porphyria cutanea tarda, which causes the skin to be overly sensitive to sunlight to the point of causing blisters, can result in heliophobia if the sufferer begins to associate pain and discomfort with bright lights.
