| pattern of protracted diarrhoea among children in kuwait. | a total of 92 children with protracted diarrhoea were studied over a 3-year period (october 1983 to september 1986). the diagnosis was postgastro-enteritis syndrome in 61 (66.2%), coeliac disease in 17 (18.5%), giardia lamblia infestation in 5 (5.4%), immune deficiency in 4 (4.4%), congenital chloride diarrhoea in 2 (2.2%), and glucose-galactose malabsorption, shwachmann syndrome and intestinal lymphangiectasia in one each. children with the postgastro-enteritis syndrome were young, malnourished ... | 1989 | 2471440 |