A case of acquired zinc deficiency in a mature breast-fed infant.
We describe a 5-month-old Japanese infant with zinc deficiency, who was exclusively breast-fed and showed improvement after zinc supplement was administered. His serum zinc level and the zinc content of breast milk from his mother were extremely low, although the mother's serum zinc level was within normal limits. Zinc deficiency would not be latently uncommon in a mature breast-fed infant.
Inoue
K
K
Department of Pediatrics, Minami Seikyo Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
Kito
M
M
Kato
S
S
Osawa
M
M
Okuda
H
H
Yabuta
K
K
Maeda
T
T
D000505:Alopecia / Q000209:etiology; D001942:Breast Feeding; D003872:Dermatitis / Q000209:etiology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry*; D015032:Zinc / Q000032:analysis / Q000172:deficiency*
D015032:Zinc