Bullous lesions in acrodermatitis enteropathica delaying diagnosis of zinc deficiency: A report of two cases and review of the literature

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Jensen, Sarah L ^a,g   McCuaig, Catherine ^b   Zembowicz, Artur ^c,d,e   Hurt, Mark A ^f  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^f Cutaneous Pathology   (United States)

^g SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CEFADROXIL; STEROID; ZINC;

ACRODERMATITIS ENTEROPATHICA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BULLOUS DERMATITIS; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; KERATINOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; PREMATURITY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ACRODERMATITIS; BLISTER; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; ZINC;

EID: 50849107399     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2008.00981.x     Document Type: Article

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