Nutritional zinc deficiency mimicking acrodermatitis enteropathica in a fully breast-fed infant [36]

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1380-1381

  Leverkus, Martin ^a   Kutt S ^b   Brocker E B ^b   Frank, J ^c,d   Hamm, H ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZINC; ZINC SULFATE;

ACRODERMATITIS ENTEROPATHICA; ALOPECIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; LETTER; MALE; NAIL DISEASE; PARONYCHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN EXAMINATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ACRODERMATITIS; BREAST FEEDING; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; ZINC;

EID: 33750300149     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01734.x     Document Type: Letter

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