Eosinophil: The new lord of (esophageal) rings

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 802-803

  Katzka, David A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CD8 ANTIGEN; EOTAXIN; FOOD ALLERGEN; INTERLEUKIN 5; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; STEROID;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DYSPHAGIA; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FOOD IMPACTION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FOOD; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 20344396606     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(05)00551-1     Document Type: Editorial

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