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Descriptor English: Zinc Deficiency
Descriptor Spanish: Deficiencia de Zinc
Descriptor deficiencia de zinc
Scope note: La deficiencia de zinc en la dieta en se caracteriza por algunos signos clínicos en humanos, tales como retraso del crecimiento, hipogonadismo, baja agudeza del gusto, alopecia y varias formas de lesiones de la piel. La principal fuente de zinc en la dieta es la carne.
Descriptor Portuguese: Deficiência de Zinco
Descriptor French: Déficience en Zinc
Tree number(s): SP6.990.625.344.378.176.588
Scope note: Zinc deficiency in the diet, characterized by some human clinical signs, such as growth retardation, hypogonadism, low acuity of taste, alopecia, and various forms of skin lesions. The main dietary sources of zinc are meat.
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
DeCS ID: 50318
Unique ID: DDCS050318
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Zinc Deficiency - Preferred
Concept UI FD00061474
Scope note Zinc deficiency in the diet, characterized by some human clinical signs, such as growth retardation, hypogonadism, low acuity of taste, alopecia, and various forms of skin lesions. The main dietary sources of zinc are meat.
Preferred term Zinc Deficiency



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