Evaluation of the Patient with Suspected Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 53-63

  Fleischer, David M ^a   Atkins, Dan ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic colitis; Eosinophilic enteritis; Eosinophilic gastritis; Eosinophilic gastroenteritis; Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease; Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; INTERLEUKIN 5 ANTIBODY; KETOTIFEN; MONTELUKAST; OMALIZUMAB; SUPLATAST TOSYLATE;

ALLERGIC DISEASE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIET THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC COLITIS; EOSINOPHILIC ENTERITIS; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; EOSINOPHILIC GASTRITIS; EOSINOPHILIC GASTROENTERITIS; EOSINOPHILIC GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDER; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHILIA; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; FOOD, FORMULATED; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 58149242820     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2008.09.002     Document Type: Review

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