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Condition report · Nutrition

Acrodermatitis Enteropathica

A condition resulting from zinc deficiency, causing a characteristic rash around orifices and extremities, diarrhea, and alopecia.

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The 2 conditions we analyse

Acrodermatitis Enteropathica

Autosomal recessive

Acrodermatitis enteropathica (AE) is a rare inherited inborn error of metabolism resulting in a severe zinc deficiency and characterized by acral dermatitis, alopecia, diarrhea and growth failure.

Genes analysed

Also known as

acrodermatitis enteropathica zinc deficiency type; acrodermatitis enteropathica, zinc deficiency type; acrodermatitis enteropathica, zinc-deficiency type; ae; AEZ; Brandt syndrome; Danbolt-Cross syndrome; enteropathica; inherited zinc deficiency

MONDO:0008713OMIM 201100Orphanet 37MedGen 66355

Transient Neonatal Zinc Deficiency

Autosomal dominant

Zinc deficiency in breastfed infants caused by SLC30A2 variants in the mother that reduce zinc in breast milk; the variant is found in the mother, not the infant, and the infant's symptoms resemble acrodermatitis enteropathica.

What a diagnosis changes

Knowing allows zinc supplementation for affected infants and planning for future breastfed children.

Genes analysed

Also known as

TNZD

MONDO:0011973OMIM 608118MedGen 330858

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