Acquired zinc deficiency due to long-term tube feeding

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 633-634

  Inzinger, Martin ^a   Kränke, Birger ^a   Binder, Barbara ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HEMOGLOBIN; SODIUM; ZINC;

AGED; ALOPECIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FUNGUS CULTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PARAKERATOSIS; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; RASH; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN NECROSIS; TUBE FEEDING; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; FOOD, FORMULATED; HUMANS; NUTRITION DISORDERS; SKIN DISEASES; ZINC;

EID: 80053047239     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2011.1408     Document Type: Letter

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