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. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECO_0007638 url:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrodermatitis_enteropathica ]