Severity of esophageal eosinophilia predicts response to conventional gastroesophageal reflux therapy

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-18

  Ruchelli, Eduardo ^a   Wenner, William ^a   Voytek, Theresa ^a   Brown, Kurt ^a   Liacouras, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eosinophilia; Esophagitis; Esophagus; Gastroesophageal reflux

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROKINETIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIMETIDINE; CISAPRIDE; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; OMEPRAZOLE; PATIENT SELECTION; RANITIDINE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032960929     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100249900084     Document Type: Article

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