Acrodermatitis enteropathica in a full-term breast-fed infant

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 631-633

  Kaur, Sukhjot ^a   Thami, Gurvinder P ^a   Kanwar, Amrinder J ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Acrodermatitis enteropathica; Breast feeding; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ACRODERMATITIS; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT;

ACRODERMATITIS; BREAST FEEDING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MILK, HUMAN; ZINC;

EID: 0036637371     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02722694     Document Type: Article

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