Eosinophilic esophagitis: Red on microscopy, white on endoscopy

Digestion

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 109-116

  Straumann, Alex ^a   Spichtin, Hans Peter ^b   Bucher, Kathleen A ^c   Heer, Pius ^a   Simon, Hans Uwe ^d  

^a Kantonsspital Olten ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c BioConsult GmbH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Endoscopy; Eosinophilic esophagitis; Eosinophilic inflammation; Esophagus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; EXUDATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 5644256885     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080934     Document Type: Article

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