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q...............................:) - medicus - ArchivalUser - 05-12-2014 An 80 year old patient, living by himself, presents to your office. He complaints about loss of taste and smell when preparing food. He further mentions that the bruises he suffers once in a while seem to heal very poorly. The patient is most likely has: 1. Chromosomal abnormality 2. Vit C deficiency 3. Elastase deficiency 4. Zinc deficiency 5. Type IV Collagen 0 - ArchivalUser - 05-12-2014 4-Zinc deficiency .Ty 0 - ArchivalUser - 05-12-2014 Zinc Deficiency Thank you 0 - ArchivalUser - 05-12-2014 http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/zinc-deficiency-excess-and-supplementation 0 - ArchivalUser - 05-12-2014 Right Very good, swamy and psychmledr Thanks for the link. 0 - ArchivalUser - 05-12-2014 thanks 0 - ArchivalUser - 05-12-2014 You are welcome.