Eosinophilic gastroenteritis: An unusual type of gastroenteritis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 19, Issue 31, 2013, Pages 5061-5066

  Ingle, Sachin B ^a   Hinge Ingle, Chitra R ^a  

^a MIMSR Medical College ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis; Review of literature; Unusual type

Indexed keywords

AK PRED; BUDESONIDE; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; FLUTICASONE; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 5; KETOTIFEN; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; MONTELUKAST; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; TECHNETIUM 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CORTICOSTEROID; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ASTHMA; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECZEMA; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; EOSINOPHILIC GASTROENTERITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FECES ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LAPAROTOMY; PARACENTESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PROTEIN INTOLERANCE; PROTEIN LOSING GASTROENTEROPATHY; REVIEW; RHINITIS; SKIN TEST; STEATORRHEA; ABDOMINAL SURGERY; AGE; ENTERITIS; GASTRITIS; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGE FACTORS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENTERITIS; EOSINOPHILIA; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84882289366     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i31.5061     Document Type: Review

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