title: Congenital skin defects and zinc deficiency - a possible relationship.
abstract: Two infants with congenital skin defects were born to mothers who had uneventful pregnancies; drugs were not ingested, nor was any infection noted. Maternal plasma zinc and copper were measured postnatally and were found to be abnormal. We suggest that these skin abnormalities were related to maternal zinc deficiency.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003300:Copper / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012868:Skin Abnormalities; D015032:Zinc / Q000097:blood / Q000172:deficiency*
chemical_list: D003300:Copper; D015032:Zinc