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Variegate porphyria (VP) is a serious autosomal dominant disorder with some skin problems - pustile, lesions, etc.   Variegate porphyria (VP) is a serious autosomal dominant disorder of heme biosynthesis characterized by skin lesions that are identical to those of PCT (vesicles and bullae, skin fragility, milia and scarring of the dorsa of the hands and fingers), acute attacks of abdominal pain, neuropsychiatric manifestations, and increased excretion of porphyrins; especially characteristic...