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Zinc deficiency can result from inadequate dietary intake or impaired absorption. A 65-year-old woman on total parenteral nutrition for 4 months developed a rash covering her face and extremities. A biopsy showed features suggestive of a nutritional deficiency. Her zinc level was low and she was started on zinc supplementation, which improved her cutaneous lesions within a month, confirming the diagnosis of zinc deficiency. Zinc is an essential trace element required for many metabolic processes and its def
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- Muthu Kumar
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