def: Therapeutic administration of an analog of alpha-melanocyte–stimulating hormone such as afamelanotide.
parent: hormone modifying therapy (MAXO:0001491)
comment: Treatment with afamelanotide, an alpha-melanocyte–stimulating hormone analogue that induces epidermal melanin formation, was shown to have favorable effects on tolerance to light in five individuals with erythropoietic protoporphyria-1.
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def: Therapeutic administration of an analog of alpha-melanocyte–stimulating hormone such as afamelanotide.
parent: hormone modifying therapy (MAXO:0001491)
comment: Treatment with afamelanotide, an alpha-melanocyte–stimulating hormone analogue that induces epidermal melanin formation, was shown to have favorable effects on tolerance to light in five individuals with erythropoietic protoporphyria-1.
PMID: 19144952
(add to POET, disease treatment)