Cutaneous manifestations of nutritional deficiency

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 417-422

  Heath, Michelle L ^a   Sidbury, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acrodermatitis enteropathica; B12; Biotin; Kwashiorkor; Niacin; Pellagra; Phrynoderma; Selenium

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; NICOTINIC ACID; PROTEIN; RETINOL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN; ZINC;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CHEILITIS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ECZEMA; HAIR COLOR; HUMAN; KWASHIORKOR; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PHRYNODERMA; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STOMATITIS; TUBE FEEDING; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

BIOTIN; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NIACIN; NOMA; SELENIUM; SKIN DISEASES; ZINC;

EID: 33747495901     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mop.0000236392.87203.cc     Document Type: Review

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