Prevalence of esophageal eosinophilia varies by climate zone in the United States

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 698-706

  Hurrell, Jennifer M ^a,b,c   Genta, Robert M ^a,b,c   Dellon, Evan S ^d  

^a CARIS LIFE SCIENCES   (United States)

^b VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSCESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD CLIMATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; DYSPHAGIA; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SUMMER; THORAX PAIN; TROPIC CLIMATE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CLIMATE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CLIMATE; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84862312015     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2012.6     Document Type: Article

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