Eosinophilic gastroenteritis - A diagnostic enigma

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Simoniuk, Urszula ^a   Mcmanus, Chris ^a   Kiire, Clement ^a  

^a Southport General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DUODENITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIC GASTROENTERITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84865632973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.12.2011.5436     Document Type: Article

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