The fatty acid composition of different plasma lipid fractions has been estimated in a 6-month-old girl with acrodermatitis enteropathica before and after zinc supplementation. Linoleic acid and its metabolites were extremely reduced in triglycerides and sterol-esters. In contrast, n-3-fatty acids
In two adolescent patients with acrodermatitis enteropathica fatty acid spectra in serum lipids and adipose tissue and serum lipoprotein concentrations were followed for about 7 yr. One patient was treated by diet and iv infusions of high amounts of linoleic acid and later by different doses of