The small-caliber esophagus: Radiographic sign of idiopathic eosinophilic esophagitis

Radiology

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 127-134

  White, Sarah B ^a   Levine, Marc S ^a   Rubesin, Stephen E ^a   Spencer, Geoffrey S ^a   Katzka, David A ^a   Laufer, Igor ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CARBEX; E Z HD; ENTROBAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIA; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77953947962     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.10091060     Document Type: Article

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