Díaz-Rosales JD, Romo JE

Language: Spanish
References: 12
Page: 44-46
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ABSTRACT

Between XII and XV century in Eastern Europe vampires were a real concern and a hot topic of conversation. A recent explanation proposes that vampires suffered a genetic disease called porphyria, that affects the synthesis of hemoglobin. In this article we try to explain disease characteristics that could be the origin of the myth.

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