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Zinc deficiency

Zinc deficiency

Features
  • acrodermatitis: red, crusted lesions
    • acral distribution
    • peri-orificial
    • perianal
  • alopecia
  • short stature
  • hypogonadism
  • hepatosplenomegaly
  • geophagia (ingesting clay/soil)
  • cognitive impairment

Acrodermatitis enteropathica is a recessively inherited partial defect in intestinal zinc absorption.
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Features
  • acrodermatitis: red, crusted lesions
    • acral distribution
    • peri-orificial
    • perianal
  • alopecia
  • short stature
  • hypogonadism
  • hepatosplenomegaly
  • geophagia (ingesting clay/soil)
  • cognitive impairment

Acrodermatitis enteropathica is a recessively inherited partial defect in intestinal zinc absorption.



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