Race may play a role in the clinical presentation of eosinophilic esophagitis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1263-

  Moawad, Fouad J ^a   Veerappan, Ganesh R ^a   Dias, Johnny A ^a   Maydonovitch, Corinne L ^a   Wong, Roy K H ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84864584841     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2012.176     Document Type: Letter

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