White specks in the esophageal mucosa: An endoscopic manifestation of non-reflux eosinophilic esophagitis in children

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 835-838

  Lim, Joel R ^a   Gupta, Sandeep K ^a   Croffie, Joseph M ^a   Pfefferkorn, Marian D ^a   Molleston, Jean P ^a   Corkins, Mark R ^a   Davis, Mary M ^a   Faught, Philip P ^a   Steiner, Steven J ^a   Fitzgerald, Joseph F ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PROBE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 3042796012     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(04)00364-5     Document Type: Article

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