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. 1974 Sep;27(9):698–709. doi: 10.1136/jcp.27.9.698

A light and electron microscopic study of the liver in case of erythrohepatic protoporphyria and in griseofulvin-induced porphyria in mice

A Matilla 1, Elizabeth A Molland 1
PMCID: PMC475441  PMID: 4372253

Abstract

The light- and electron-microscopic appearances of a liver biopsy from a case of erythrohepatic protoporphyria are compared with the appearances of the liver in griseofulvin-induced porphyria in mice. Crystals are present in hepatocytes and in the bile secretory pathways in each case. The nature and significance of these is discussed.

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