Mondo Description Acrodermatitis enteropathica (AE) is a rare inherited inborn error of metabolism resulting in a severe zinc deficiency and characterized by acral dermatitis, alopecia, diarrhea and growth failure.

Uniprot Description A rare autosomal recessive disease caused by the inability to absorb sufficient zinc. The clinical features are growth retardation, immune-system dysfunction, alopecia, severe dermatitis, diarrhea and occasionally mental disorders.

Disease Ontology Description A metal metabolism disorder characterized by dermatitis around bodily openings and the tips of fingers and toes, alopecia and diarrhea and has_material_basis_in mutation in the SLC39A4 gene that encodes a zinc uptake protein and results in zinc deficiency.