Eosinophilic esophagitis - Pathogenesis, clinical presentation and therapeutic management;Eosinophile ösophagitis - Pathogenese, klinische präsentation und therapeutisches management

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1257-1263

  Von Arnim, U ^a   Mönkemüller, Klaus ^a,c   Malfertheiner, P ^a   Straumann, A ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Medizinische Klinik   (Switzerland)

^c Gastroenterologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic esophagitis; Esophagus; Hypercontractile esophagus; Reflux esophagitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; FLUTICASONE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MEPOLIZUMAB; MONTELUKAST; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT PLANNING; BALLOON DILATATION; BEZOAR; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; IMMUNOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; TH2 CELL;

ACETATES; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BALLOON DILATATION; BEZOARS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; QUINOLINES; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 38349071496     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-963653     Document Type: Review

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