Catalog
Copper deficiency
Link to WHO Definition
Copper deficiency – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1893591289
Dietary deficiency is rare; it has been observed in premature and low birthweight infants fed exclusively a cow’s milk diet and in individuals on long-term total parenteral nutrition without copper. Clinical manifestations include depigmentation of skin and hair, neurologic disturbances, leukopenia, hypochromic microcytic anaemia, and skeletal abnormalities.