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Persistent post-enteritis diarrhoea

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Clinical, biochemical, and gastroenterological data have been examined in 48 patients in two age groups, one under 12 months of age, the other between 12 and 30 months with persistent post-enteritis diarrhoea.

In these patients, the illness consisted of chronic diarrhoea which followed acute enteritis. It brought about a mild malabsorption syndrome with impairment of growth, particularly in infants under one year of age.

Chronic inflammation with mucosal damage due to alteration of the intestinal microflora by inappropriate diets and therapy seemed to be the cause of persistent diarrhoea in these patients.

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    Giuseppe Zoppi, Antonio Deganello & Dino Gaburro

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Zoppi, G., Deganello, A. & Gaburro, D. Persistent post-enteritis diarrhoea. Eur J Pediatr 126, 225–236 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00477048

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