Zinc deficiency associated with necrolytic acral erythema

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Najarian, David James ^a   Lefkowitz, Ilyse ^c   Balfour, Erika ^b   Pappert, Amy S ^a   Rao, Babar K ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFATE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; ZINC;

EID: 33749668119     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.09.044     Document Type: Article

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