Allergic eosinophilic gastroenteritis with protein-losing enteropathy: Intestinal pathology, clinical course, and long-term follow-up

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 516-521

  Chehade, Mirna ^a   Magid, Margret S ^a   Mofidi, Shideh ^a   Nowak Wegrzyn, Anna ^a   Sampson, Hugh A ^a   Sicherer, Scott H ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Eosinophil; Eosinophilic gastroenteritis; Mast cell; Protein losing enteropathy

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; TRYPTASE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIC GASTROENTERITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD ALLERGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; STOMACH BIOPSY;

EOSINOPHILS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; PROTEIN-LOSING ENTEROPATHIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH;

EID: 33744490993     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpg.0000221903.61157.4e     Document Type: Article

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