Rapidly increasing prevalence of eosinophilic oesophagitis in Western Australia

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1000-1004

  Cherian, S ^a   Smith, N M ^b   Forbes, D A ^c  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOPSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33749613286     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2006.100974     Document Type: Article

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