Induction of eosinophilic esophagitis by sublingual pollen immunotherapy

Case Reports in Gastroenterology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 363-368

  Miehlke, Stephan ^a   Alpan, Oral ^c   Schröder, Sören ^b   Straumann, Alex ^d  

^a Center for Digestive Diseases   (Germany)

^b Institute for Pathology   (Germany)

^c Section on Immunopathogenesis   (United States)

^d Chairman Swiss EoE Research Group   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Eosinophilic esophagitis; Food allergy; Pollen allergy; Sublingual immunotherapy

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; POLLEN ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; ORALVAC COMPACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLLEN; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBLINGUAL IMMUNOTHERAPY; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EATING HABIT; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRICK TEST; SUBCUTANEOUS IMMUNOTHERAPY; SWALLOWING;

EID: 84893136451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16620631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000355161     Document Type: Article

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