Eosinophilic esophagitis: A bulk of mysteries

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 6-9

  Straumann, Alex ^a,b  

^a Swiss EoE Research Network   (Switzerland)

^b not available   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Eosinophilic esophagitis; Food impaction; Gastroesophageal reflux disease

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIET; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HELPER CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INCIDENCE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAST CELL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REMISSION; ALLERGIC TESTING; ATOPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIETARY INTAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESOPHAGEAL DILATION; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LONG TERM CARE; THERAPY;

EID: 84879582621     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: 14219875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000347095     Document Type: Article

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