Eosinophilic oesophagitis: An enigmatic, emerging disease

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 8-12

  Sprenger, R A ^a   Arends, J W ^a   Poley, J W ^b   Kuipers, E J ^b   ter Borg, F ^a  

^a DEVENTER HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Eosinophilic oesophagitis; Food impaction; Intraepithelial eosinophilic granulocytes

Indexed keywords

FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; OMEPRAZOLE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSPHAGIA; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE MIGRATION; MALE; REVIEW;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; EOSINOPHILIC GRANULOMA; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS;

EID: 58849143430     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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