Acrodermatitis Enteropathica: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

acrodermatitis enteropathica, AE, zinc deficiency, congenital zinc deficiency

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Kristina Marie Dela Rosa, MD, Flight Surgeon, Commander Naval Air Forces, NAS North Island
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Elizabeth Kline Satter, MD, MPH, Chairman, Department of Dermatology, Naval Medical Center San Diego
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Eleanor E Sahn, MD, Director, Division of Pediatric Dermatology, Associate Professor, Departments of Dermatology and Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina
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