Copper Deficiency in an Infant on Prolonged Total Parenteral Nutrition
- 1 March 1986
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
- Vol. 10 (2) , 242-244
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0148607186010002242
Abstract
An infant with the megacystis microcolon intestinal hypoperistalsis syndrome, required total parenteral nutrition due to ineffective gastrointestinal function, and developed copper deficiency after a prolonged course in total parenteral nutrition in conjunction with a chronic draining jejunostomy. She responded promptly to copper supplementation.Keywords
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