Treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis: Overview, current limitations, and future direction

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2635-2644

  Bohm, Matthew ^a   Richter, Joel E ^a,b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b 801 Parkinson Pavilion ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BECLOMETASONE; BUDESONIDE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; FLUTICASONE; MEPOLIZUMAB; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MONTELUKAST; PLACEBO; PREDNISONE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

AVASCULAR NECROSIS; CATARACT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHINGOID SYNDROME; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CANDIDIASIS; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FOLLOW UP; GASTRITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GLAUCOMA; GROWTH DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; HYPERPHAGIA; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

BALLOON DILATATION; DIET, REDUCING; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 53149132781     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02116.x     Document Type: Review

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