The diagnosis of primary eosinophilic oesophagitis in adults: Missed or misinterpreted?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 848-855

  Kanakala, Venkatesh ^a   Lamb, Christopher A ^a   Haigh, Chris ^c   Stirling, Robert W ^b   Attwood, Stephen E ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WANSBECK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diagnosis; eosinophilia; eosinophils; esophagitis; hypereosinophilic syndrome; pathogenesis; reflux

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPHAGIA; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANDIDIASIS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954032804     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32832c7709     Document Type: Article

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