Mucosal eosinophilia: Prevalence and racial/ethnic differences in symptoms and endoscopic findings in adults over 10 years in an urban hospital

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 567-574

  Bohm, Matthew ^a   Malik, Zubair ^a   Sebastiano, Christopher ^a   Thomas, Rebecca ^a   Gaughan, John ^b   Kelsen, Steven ^a   Richter, Joel E ^c  

^a Section of Pulmonology   (United States)

^b Temple University School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adults; eosinophilic esophagitis; ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUCASIAN; DYSPHAGIA; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REVIEW; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE OF ONSET; CONNECTICUT; EOSINOPHILIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; MALE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84863776515     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31823d3305     Document Type: Review

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