Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency
Are You Confident of the Diagnosis? What you should be alert for in the history Essential fatty acid deficiency occurs in individuals receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN) without lipid supplementation, in patients with a gastrointestinal disorders resulting in severe fat malabsorption such as cystic fibrosis and in systemic conditions, including acrodermatitis enteropathica, peripheral vascular disease,…