A Diagnostic Challenge: A Case of Acrodermatitis Enteropathica without Hypozincemia and with Maternal Milk of Low Zinc Level
: Acrodermatitis enteropathica is a rare and distinct form of zinc deficiency with a requirement of life‐long zinc supplementation and inherited in a recessive manner. Transient nutritional zinc deficiency is also a well known condition mimicking acrodermatitis enteropathica like skin changes in pr...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Pediatric dermatology 2010-09, Vol.27 (5), p.534-535 |
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Zusammenfassung: | : Acrodermatitis enteropathica is a rare and distinct form of zinc deficiency with a requirement of life‐long zinc supplementation and inherited in a recessive manner. Transient nutritional zinc deficiency is also a well known condition mimicking acrodermatitis enteropathica like skin changes in preterm and term infants who are generally breastfed with a low level of zinc containing milk. Here, a 4‐month‐old male, term and fully breastfed acrodermatitis enteropathica case without hypozincemia and with maternal milk of low zinc level is presented. |
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ISSN: | 0736-8046 1525-1470 |
DOI: | 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2010.01268.x |