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Overview of Inherited Zinc Deficiency in Infants and Children.
Journal of nutritional science and vitaminology - 1 Jan 2015
Kambe Taiho, Fukue Kazuhisa, Ishida Riko, Miyazaki Shiho
Abstract excerpt
Zinc nutrition is of special practical importance in infants and children. Poor zinc absorption causes zinc deficiency, which leads to a broad range of consequences such as alopecia, diarrhea, skin lesions, taste disorders, loss of appetite, impaired immune function and neuropsychiatric changes and growth retardation, thus potentially threatening life in infants and children. In addition to dietary zinc...
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