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Indian Journal of Pediatrics
Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics 9/2015

01-09-2015 | Scientific Letter

Acrodermatitis Dysmetabolica - Report of Two Cases

Authors: Neerja Gupta, Puneet Jain, Madhulika Kabra, Sheffali Gulati, Gomathy Sethuraman

Published in: Indian Journal of Pediatrics | Issue 9/2015

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To the Editor: Acrodermatitis enteropathica (AE) is a rare disorder of zinc metabolism [1]. Deficiency of essential amino acids and fatty acids may also induce acrodermatitis enteropathica like lesions. The proposed name for such lesions is acrodermatitis acidemia/acrodermatitis dysmetabolica [2]. We report two rare cases of organic-acidemias who developed these lesions. …
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Metadata
Title
Acrodermatitis Dysmetabolica - Report of Two Cases
Authors
Neerja Gupta
Puneet Jain
Madhulika Kabra
Sheffali Gulati
Gomathy Sethuraman
Publication date
01-09-2015
Publisher
Springer India
Published in
Indian Journal of Pediatrics / Issue 9/2015
Print ISSN: 0019-5456
Electronic ISSN: 0973-7693
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-015-1715-5

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