Eosinophilic gastroenteritis: Current aspects on etiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and treatment

Annals of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 106-115

  Triantafillidis, John K ^a,b   Parasi, Aikaterini ^a   Cherakakis, P ^a   Sklavaina, Maria ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Eosinophilic gastroenteritis; Eosinophils; Gastroenteritis; Hypereosinophilic syndrome; Immunosupressives; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENALAPRIL; EOTAXIN; GEMFIBROZIL; GOLD; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 5; MAJOR BASIC PROTEIN; MONTELUKAST; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET RESTRICTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC GASTROENTERITIS; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; FOOD ALLERGY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; INFESTATION; INTESTINE LYMPHOMA; LAPAROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH CANCER; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

EID: 34548748791     PISSN: 11087471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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