Histopathologic diagnosis of eosinophilic conditions in the gastrointestinal tract

Advances in Anatomic Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 335-348

  Hurrell, Jennifer M ^a   Genta, Robert M ^a,b   Melton, Shelby D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CARIS LIFE SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

enteritis; eosinophilic; eosinophilic colitis; eosinophilic esophagitis; eosinophilic gastritis; eosinophilic gastroenteritis; eosinophils; gastrointestinal pathology; intestinal parasites

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLOZAPINE; DICLOFENAC; ENALAPRIL; GEMFIBROZIL; GOLD; IBUPROFEN; NIMESULIDE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TACROLIMUS; TICLOPIDINE;

CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHURG STRAUSS SYNDROME; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; ENTERITIS; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIC COLITIS; EOSINOPHILIC ENTERITIS; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; EOSINOPHILIC GASTRITIS; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MARGINAL ZONE LYMPHOMA; PARASITOSIS; POLYARTERITIS NODOSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH BIOPSY; STOMACH MUCOSA;

COLITIS; CYTOKINES; ENTERITIS; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; EOSINOPHILS; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS;

EID: 80052007208     PISSN: 10724109     EISSN: 15334031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAP.0b013e318229bfe2     Document Type: Review

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