%0 Journal Article %T Porfiria cutanea tardia %A Vieira %A F¨¢tima Mendon£¿a Jorge %A Martins %A Jos¨¦ Eduardo Costa %J Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia %D 2006 %I Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia %R 10.1590/S0365-05962006000600010 %X this is a review article of porphyria cutanea tarda addressing pathophysiology, clinical features, associated conditions, triggering factors, biochemistry, histopathology, electronic microscopy, immunofluorescence microscopy and treatment of the disease. %K chloroquine %K fluorescent antibody technique %K porphyria cutanea tarda [complications] %K porphyria cutanea tarda [pathology] %K porphyria cutanea tarda [pathophysiology] %K porphyria cutanea tarda [therapy] %K precipitating factors. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0365-05962006000600010&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en