The skin lesions observed in individuals with nonacute porphyria are caused by:
A) brain dysfunction and peripheral neuropathy.
B) excessive production of retinoic acid in the eye.
C) the excess of porphyrin intermediates in the liver.
D) the excess presence of porphyrins in the skin that generate oxygen radicals.
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