Food allergies and eosinophilic esophagitis - Two case studies

Digestion

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-54

  Martín Muñoz, María F ^a   Lucendo, Alfredo J ^b,c   Navarro, Marta ^b   Letrán, Antonio ^a   Martín Chávarri, Sonia ^b   Burgos, Emilio ^b   Martin Esteban M ^a  

^a Pediatric Onco Hematology Department   (France)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^c Department of Gastroenterology ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Allergic esophagitis; Dysphagia; Eosinophilic esophagitis; Food allergy; Immediate hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PANTOPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; EGG ALLERGY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FEMALE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MILK ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROSTADIENES; ANIMALS; ANTI-ALLERGIC AGENTS; CHICKENS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS; FABACEAE; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE;

EID: 33751512248     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096595     Document Type: Article

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