More than just counting eosinophils: Proximal oesophageal involvement and subepithelial sclerosis are major diagnostic criteria for eosinophilic oesophagitis

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 644-647

  Lee, Stephen ^a,b,c   De Boer, W Bastiaan ^a,b   Naran, Anupam ^a   Leslie, Connull ^a   Raftopoulous, Spiro ^d   Ee, Hooi ^d   Kumarasinghe, M Priyanthi ^a,b  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^d SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEROSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBEPITHELIAL SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; EOSINOPHILS; ESOPHAGUS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SCLEROSIS; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 77955739877     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2010.078402     Document Type: Article

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