Eosinophilic Digestive Diseases: Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis, and Colitis

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 108, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 834-843

  Shifflet, Allison ^a   Forouhar, Faripour ^b   Wu, George Y ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atopy; colitis; eosinophils; esophagitis; gastritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MONTELUKAST;

ATOPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET RESTRICTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHILIC COLITIS; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; EOSINOPHILIC GASTROENTERITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; REVIEW;

COLITIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS;

EID: 71649093807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09296646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60414-9     Document Type: Review

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