Treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis by dilation

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 130-133

  Schoepfer, Alain ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic esophagitis; Esophageal dilation; Esophageal perforation

Indexed keywords

PARACETAMOL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DYSPHAGIA; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGEAL DILATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; GASTROSCOPE; HUMAN; MEDICAL HISTORY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSTERNAL PAIN; RIGID ESOPHAGOSCOPE; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; THORAX PAIN; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; GASTROSCOPY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

DILATATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84896139826     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: 14219875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000357091     Document Type: Article

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