Acrodermatitis enteropathica: A review of 29 Tunisian cases

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1038-1044

  Kharfi, Monia ^a   El Fékih, Nadia ^a   Aounallah Skhiri, Hajer ^b   Schmitt, Sébastien ^c   Fazaa, Bécima ^a   Küry, Sébastien ^c   Kamoun, Mohamed Ridha ^a  

^a CHARLES NICOLLE HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE   (Tunisia)

^c NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ZINC;

ACRODERMATITIS ENTEROPATHICA; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DIARRHEA; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; TUNISIA; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ACRODERMATITIS; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC; CATION TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MALE; MUTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUNISIA; ZINC;

EID: 77956140774     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2010.04566.x     Document Type: Article

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