title: Acquired zinc deficiency in an adult female.
abstract: Acrodermatitis enteropathica is an autosomal recessive inherited disorder of zinc absorption. Acquired cases are reported occasionally in patients with eating disorders or Crohn's disease. We report a 24-year-old housewife with acquired isolated severe zinc deficiency with no other comorbidities to highlight the rare occurrence of isolated nutritional zinc deficiency in an otherwise normal patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and STD, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
authors.forename: Mohanan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saritha
authors.forename: Divya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Laxmisha
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chandrashekar
authors.forename: Devinder M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Thappa
authors.forename: Nachiappa G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Rajesh