The increasing incidence and prevalence of eosinophilic oesophagitis outpaces changes in endoscopic and biopsy practice: National population-based estimates from Denmark

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 662-670

  Dellon, E S ^a,d   Erichsen, R ^b   Baron, J A ^a   Shaheen, N J ^a   Vyberg, M ^c   Sorensen, H T ^b   Pedersen, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; DENMARK; DISEASE REGISTRY; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ALGORITHM; BIOPSY; COMORBIDITY; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHILIA; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BIOPSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84926140483     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apt.13129     Document Type: Article

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