Treatment of acrodermatitis enteropathica with zinc sulphate. Rerport of 3 cases.

The therapeutic effect of orally administered zinc in 3 patients affected with Acrodermatitis enteropathica is reported. Single daily doses of zinc resulted in rapid improvement of the general condition of these patients and in clinical remission within a week. Serum, urine and hair zinc levels as well as alkaline phosphatase, which were very low before treatment, returned to normal after therapy. This brief report confirms the efficacy of oral zinc in the treatment of Acrodermatitis enteropathica.