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[Acrodermatitis enteropathica (AE) is caused by mutations in the zinc transporter gene SLC39A4].
Klinische Padiatrie - 1 Jan 2000
Lehnert T, Küry S, Bürk G, Hoepffner W, Schuster V
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BACKGROUND: Acrodermatitis enteropathica (AE) is an autosomal recessively inherited disease caused by a decreased intestinal zinc resorption and characterized by severe dermatitis (preferably hands, feet, mouth, genital region), chronic diarrhoea, retardation of growth and development, alopecia and increased proneness to infections. In 2002 it was shown that mutations in the zinc transporter gene SLC39A4 is the...
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