An update on mutations of the SLC39A4 ge
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Sébastien Schmitt; Sébastien Küry; Mathilde Giraud; Brigitte Dréno; Monia Kharfi
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Acrodermatitis enteropathica (AE) is a very rare inherited recessive disease caused by severe zinc deficiency. It typically occurs in early infancy and is characterized by periorificial and acral dermatitis, alopecia, and diarrhea. In 2002, both we and others identified the AE SLC39A4 gene located a