Histopathologic Features of Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-71

  Collins, Margaret H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOTAXIN; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA; STAT6 PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINA PROPRIA; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TISSUE SECTION;

EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; EPITHELIUM; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

EID: 36549052270     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giec.2007.09.014     Document Type: Review

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