Defining eosinophilic colitis in children: Insights from a retrospective case series

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 208-215

  Behjati, Sam ^a   Zilbauer, Matthias ^a   Heuschkel, Robert ^a   Phillips, Alan ^a   Salvestrini, Camilla ^a   Torrente, Franco ^a   Bates, Alan W ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic colitis; Colonic eosinophilia; Eosinophilic colitis; Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BLOATING; CELL DENSITY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON BIOPSY; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIC COLITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFANT; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MELENA; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUTH ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLITIS, MICROSCOPIC; COLON; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 68949163523     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31818de373     Document Type: Article

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