Hartnup Disease Masked by Kwashiorkor |
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| Authors: | Zerrin Orbak Vildan Ertekin Ayse Selimoglu Nebahat Yilmaz Huseyin Tan Murat Konak |
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| Affiliation: | 1 Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism;2 Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition;3 Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Ataturk University, Erzurum, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | This report describes an 11-month old girl with Hartnup disease presenting with kwashiorkor and acrodermatitis enteropathica-like skin lesions but free of other clinical findings. This case with kwashiorkor had acrodermatitis enteropathica-like desquamative skin eruption. Since zinc level was in the normal range, investigation for a metabolic disorder was considered, and Hartnup disease was diagnosed.Key words: Acrodermatitis, Case studies, Hartnup disease, Kwashiorkor, Turkey |
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