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Clinical zinc deficiency during adequate enteral nutrition
F Kenny1, K Sriram, J B Hammond
1Department of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Chicago Medical School, Illinois.
Journal of the American College of Nutrition
|February 1, 1989
Abstract:
Deficiency of zinc (Zn), resulting in characteristic skin changes resembling those seen in acrodermatitis enteropathica, has been reported in patients on total parenteral nutrition, but rarely in patients on long-term enteral feeding. Reported here is a patient who developed characteristic skin changes while he was receiving what was considered to be a balanced liquid enteral diet. The skin rash resolved with Zn supplementation.