Esophageal dilation in eosinophilic esophagitis: Effectiveness, safety, and impact on the underlying inflammation

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1062-1070

  Schoepfer, Alain M ^a,b   Gonsalves, Nirmala ^c   Bussmann, Christian ^d   Conus, Sébastien ^b   Simon, Hans Uwe ^b   Straumann, Alex ^e   Hirano, Ikuo ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Kantonsspital Lucerne ^*  (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; MERCAPTOPURINE; MONTELUKAST; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; SAFETY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951773006     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.657     Document Type: Article

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