The spectrum of pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis beyond infancy: A clinical series of 30 children

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1422-1430

  Orenstein, Susan R ^a   Shalaby, Theresa M ^a   Di Lorenzo, Carlo ^a   Putnam, Philip E ^a   Sigurdsson, Luther ^a   Kocoshis, Samuel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHIL; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034043020     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)00865-0     Document Type: Article

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