Emerging questions regarding eosinophil's role in the esophago- gastrointestinal tract

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 658-663

  Furuta, Glenn T ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Eosinophil; Eosinophil gastroenteritis; Eosinophilic esophagitis; Epithelium; Food allergy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANISAKIASIS; CELIAC DISEASE; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; COLON BIOPSY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERITIS; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS EOSINOPHILIA; FOOD ALLERGY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; INTESTINAL DYSMOTILITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN DEPLETION; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOCARIASIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33750377609     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mog.0000245530.35518.3e     Document Type: Review

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