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Transient neonatal zinc deficiency due to a new autosomal dominant mutation in gene SLC30A2 (ZnT-2).
Pediatric dermatology - 1 Jan 2000
Lova Navarro Miguel, Vera Casaño Angel, Benito López Carmen, Fernández Ballesteros María D, Godoy Díaz Daniel J, Crespo Erchiga Antonio, Romero Brufau Santiago
Abstract excerpt
Transient neonatal zinc deficiency (TNZD) has a clinical presentation similar to that of acrodermatitis enteropathica but is caused by a low zinc concentration in maternal breast milk. TNZD becomes clinically evident during breastfeeding and is resolved by weaning and the introduction of complementary nutrition. We present a 4-month-old girl with TNZD due to a new autosomal dominant mutation (663delC) in the...
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