Esophageal Distensibility as a Measure of Disease Severity in Patients With Eosinophilic Esophagitis

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1101-1107.e1

  Nicodème, Frédéric ^a,b   Hirano, Ikuo ^a   Chen, Joan ^a   Robinson, Kenika ^a   Lin, Zhiyue ^a   Xiao, Yinglian ^a,c   Gonsalves, Nirmala ^a   Kwasny, Mary J ^a   Kahrilas, Peter J ^a   Pandolfino, John E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Eosinophilic Esophagitis; Esophageal Distensibility; Functional Luminal Imaging Probe; High Resolution Impedance Planimetry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE FUNCTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGEAL DISTENSIBILITY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN;

CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA; CSA; DISTENSIBILITY PLATEAU; DISTENSIBILITY SLOPE; DP; DS; DYSPHAGIA; EGJ; EOE; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGEAL DISTENSIBILITY; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FLIP; FUNCTIONAL LUMINAL IMAGING PROBE; FUNCTIONAL LUMINAL-IMAGING PROBE; HIGH-POWER FIELD; HIGH-RESOLUTION IMPEDANCE PLANIMETRY; HPF; PPI; PPI-R-EE; PPI-RESPONSIVE ESOPHAGEAL EOSINOPHILIA; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DILATATION; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882852224     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.03.020     Document Type: Article

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