Patient characteristics, clinical, endoscopic, and histologic findings in adult eosinophilic esophagitis: A case series and systematic review of the medical literature

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 311-319

  Pasha, S F ^a   DiBaise, J K ^a   Kim, H J ^a   De Petris, G ^a   Crowell, M D ^a   Fleischer, D E ^a   Sharma, Virender K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Endoscopy; Eosinophilic esophagitis; Esophageal food impaction; Esophagus

Indexed keywords

FLUTICASONE; INTERLEUKIN 5 ANTIBODY; MEPOLIZUMAB; MONTELUKAST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STEROID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DYSPHAGIA; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33751024952     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2007.00721.x     Document Type: Article

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