Zinc deficiency leads to all except: (A) Delayed skeletal maturation, (B) Impaired Immune system, (C) Skeletal abnormalities, (D) Excessive appetite
Answer is D. Zinc deficiency : Growth failure Sexual infantilism Loss of taste Delayed wound healing Loss of integrity of immune system Spontaneous aboions Congenital malformation Low bih weight IUGR Preterm delivery Skin lesions Depressed appetite Skeletal abnormalities Ref: Park 25th edition Pgno : 663