title: [Acrodermatitis enteropathica with mild course].
abstract: Acrodermatitis enteropathica is a disorder due to zinc deficiency in a human body. It is disease of autosomal recessive inheritance, that usually occurs in infants, typically develops in early months of life. Classical findings include acrodermatitis, diarrhea and alopecia. Natural course of disease is various from observed ones in 70 tumoral cases to subclinical cases without severe diarrhoea with improvement of post maturation period. We describe a 13-year-old girl with acrodermatitis enteropathica diagnosed after nine years from first symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Pediatrii i Gastroenterologii III Katedry Pediatrii AM w Lublinie.
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authors.lastname: Mroczkowska-Juchkiewicz
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authors.lastname: Pawłowska-Kamieniak
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authors.lastname: Papierkowski
mesh_terms: D000169:Acrodermatitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D000293:Adolescent; D000505:Alopecia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015032:Zinc / Q000172:deficiency
chemical_list: D015032:Zinc