Zinc Deficiency in Acrodermatitis Enteropathica: Multiple Dietary Intolerance Treated with Synthetic Diet
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Acrodermatitis enteropathica.
AIM The aim of the work was the presentation of one case with Acrodermatitis enteropathica. METHODS Acrodermatitis enteropathica is diagnosed based on the pedigree, typical clinical manifestations on the skin, laboratory results, small bowel biopsy, skin biopsy and kariotype. RESULTS The patient was a two years old male toddler, hospitalized due to skin changes, chronic diarrhoea and total ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1973
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591577306600411