Acrodermatitis Enteropathica: A rare inherited malabsorption disorder where the body is unable to absorb zinc in adequate quantities. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Acrodermatitis Enteropathica is available below.
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A severe human skin and gastrointestinal disease inherited as a recessive autosomal trait that is characterized by the symptoms of zinc deficiency and clears up when zinc is added to the diet. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Acrodermatitis Enteropathica is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Acrodermatitis Enteropathica, or a subtype of Acrodermatitis Enteropathica,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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