Eosinophils and gut dysmotility

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 891-892

  Attwood, Stephen E A ^a  

^a NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MONTELUKAST; STEROID;

ANAPHYLAXIS; CELL INFILTRATION; DIARRHEA; DYSPHAGIA; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS PH; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INTESTINE FUNCTION DISORDER; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MANOMETRY; PEANUT ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EOSINOPHILIA; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GASTROENTERITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GASTROPARESIS; HUMANS;

EID: 23944501328     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200509000-00001     Document Type: Editorial

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