Santiago Felicidade, Matos José, Moreno Ana, Schmitt Sébastien, Bézieau Stéphane, Tellechea Oscar
Dermatology Department, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
Dermatology Department, Hospital São Teotónio, Viseu, Portugal.
Pediatr Dermatol. 2011 Nov-Dec;28(6):735-736. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01487.x. Epub 2011 Sep 9.
We report the case of a 3-month-old full-term, breast-fed infant with clinical and laboratorial findings consistent with acrodermatitis enteropathica. In addition, the mother had low zinc levels in her breast milk. Mutation analysis revealed a novel insertion in the SLC39A4 gene.