Bone Abstracts

Objectives: Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is a rare disease with cutaneous photosensitivity, in which patients avoid sun exposure and use sunscreen. Our purpose was to study bone mineral density (BMD), serum 25-OHD levels and other mineral parameters, to evaluate the impact of these measures in the follow-up of EPP patients.Patients and methods: A ten EPP patients (median age 25; range 22–55, four males and six females), were study for clinica...