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“Afamelanotide increases pain-free light exposure in adults with EPP.”
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The reviewed evidence supports this exact statement only in the situation described below.
The label and randomized trials support this defined rare-disease outcome.
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- This answer uses a study that assigned people to groups by chance and measured a health outcome.
- Limits of this answer
- Adults with a history of phototoxic reactions from erythropoietic protoporphyria. These limits show which substance, product, people, use, place, and time the answer covers. A different product or situation can have a different answer.
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- What a study measured about people's health, symptoms, or ability to function.
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