Eosinophilic oesophagitis: A common cause of dysphagia in young adults?

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1096-1107

  Basavaraju, K P ^a,b   Wong, T ^b  

^a St Thomas' Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BUDESONIDE; CD3 ANTIGEN; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; EOTAXIN; EOTAXIN 2; EOTAXIN 3; FLUTICASONE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 5 ANTIBODY; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MEPOLIZUMAB; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MONTELUKAST; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; STEROID; T6 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIGENICITY; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET THERAPY; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHAGIA; ELEMENTAL DIET; EMERGENCY CARE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; EOSINOPHILIC GASTROENTERITIS; EPIDEMIC; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS PH; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FIRST PASS EFFECT; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; INCIDENCE; MANOMETRY; MAST CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; PATCH TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN TEST; SMOOTH MUSCLE SPASM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSPORT KINETICS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WELLS SYNDROME; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 44849115999     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2008.01782.x     Document Type: Review

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