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Recognition of Epidermal Transglutaminase by IgA and Tissue Transglutaminase 2 Antibodies in a Rare Case of Rhesus Dermatitis
Published on: December 15, 2011
[Acrodermatitis enteropathica with mild course]
A Mroczkowska-Juchkiewicz1, A Pawłowska-Kamieniak, A Papierkowski
1Kliniki Pediatrii i Gastroenterologii III Katedry Pediatrii AM w Lublinie.
Abstract:
Acrodermatitis enteropathica is a disorder due to zinc deficiency in a human body. It is disease of autosomal recessive inheritance, that usually occurs in infants, typically develops in early months of life. Classical findings include acrodermatitis, diarrhea and alopecia. Natural course of disease is various from observed ones in 70 tumoral cases to subclinical cases without severe diarrhoea with improvement of post maturation period. We describe a 13-year-old girl with acrodermatitis enteropathica diagnosed after nine years from first symptoms.
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