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Acrodermatitis enteropathica

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Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease

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A brief review of the clinical and biochemical features of Acrodermatitis enteropathica is given. This condition is now known to be caused by a systemic zinc deficiency secondary to a defect in the intestinal absorption of zinc and it illustrates the metabolic importance of this element in man.

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Aggett, P.J. Acrodermatitis enteropathica. J Inherit Metab Dis 6 (Suppl 1), 39–43 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01811322

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