Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Adults

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 349-368

  Prasad, Ganapathy A ^a   Talley, Nicholas J ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; BECLOMETASONE; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 15; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MERCAPTOPURINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY INTERLEUKIN 15; MONTELUKAST; PEPTIDOLEUKOTRIENE; PLACEBO; STEROID; SUCRALOSE;

ALLERGY TEST; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FOOD ALLERGY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LACERATION; MANOMETRY; MUCOSA; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PATCH TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PERFORATION; PH; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; RADIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RUPTURE; THRUSH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 43549110703     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gtc.2008.03.002     Document Type: Review

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