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[Zinc therapy in acrodermatitis enteropathica]. 1975

N Thyresson

Report of two patients with acrodermatitis enteropathica, one of them 20 years old and with very severe symptoms of the disease. Oral therapy with zinc resulted in complete cure within two months. The theory about chelating of dietary zinc in patients with acrodermatitis enteropathica is discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D008297	Male		Males
D008659	Metabolic Diseases	Generic term for diseases caused by an abnormal metabolic process. It can be congenital due to inherited enzyme abnormality (METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS) or acquired due to disease of an endocrine organ or failure of a metabolically important organ such as the liver. (Stedman, 26th ed)	Thesaurismosis,Diseases, Metabolic,Disease, Metabolic,Metabolic Disease,Thesaurismoses
D008664	Metal Metabolism, Inborn Errors	Dysfunctions in the metabolism of metals resulting from inborn genetic mutations that are inherited or acquired in utero.	Metal Metabolism, Inborn Error
D011804	Quinolines
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003967	Diarrhea	An increased liquidity or decreased consistency of FECES, such as running stool. Fecal consistency is related to the ratio of water-holding capacity of insoluble solids to total water, rather than the amount of water present. Diarrhea is not hyperdefecation or increased fecal weight.	Diarrheas
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000169	Acrodermatitis	Inflammation involving the skin of the extremities, especially the hands and feet. Several forms are known, some idiopathic and some hereditary. The infantile form is called Gianotti-Crosti syndrome.	Gianotti-Crosti Syndrome,Infantile Papular Acrodermatitis,Acrodermatitis Papulosa Infantum,Acropapulo-Vesicular Syndrome,Erythemato-Vesiculo-Papulous Eruptive Syndrome,Papular Acrodermatitis of Childhood,Papulovesicular Acrolocated Syndrome,Acrodermatitides,Acrodermatitis Papulosa Infantums,Acropapulo Vesicular Syndrome,Acropapulo-Vesicular Syndromes,Childhood Papular Acrodermatitides,Childhood Papular Acrodermatitis,Erythemato Vesiculo Papulous Eruptive Syndrome,Erythemato-Vesiculo-Papulous Eruptive Syndromes,Gianotti Crosti Syndrome,Infantile Papular Acrodermatitides,Papular Acrodermatitides, Infantile,Papular Acrodermatitis, Infantile,Papulovesicular Acrolocated Syndromes,Syndrome, Acropapulo-Vesicular,Syndrome, Erythemato-Vesiculo-Papulous Eruptive,Syndrome, Gianotti-Crosti,Syndromes, Acropapulo-Vesicular,Syndromes, Erythemato-Vesiculo-Papulous Eruptive,Syndromes, Papulovesicular Acrolocated