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Possible factors influencing delayed recovery after gastroenteritis
| 1. Type of feeding—breast or bottle—influencing age of presentation and size of problem |
| 2. Age at time of acute gastroenteritis, influencing severity and size of problem; severer problems under 6 months. |
| 3. Nutrition; undernutrition may predispose. |
| 4. Ethnic group may predispose—?nutrition ?genetic. |
| 5. Sex. Male sex more vulnerable in early infancy. |
