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Hartnup disease masked by Kwashiorkor Orbak, Zerrin; Ertekin, Vildan; Selimoglu, Ayse; Yilmaz, Nebahat; Tan, Huseyin & Konak, Murat Abstract This report describes an 11-month old girl with Hartnup disease presenting with kwashiorkor and acroder-matitis 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. Keywords Acrodermatitis; Case studies; Hartnup disease; Kwashiorkor; Turkey

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