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An allergic phenotype and the use of steroid inhalers predict eosinophilic oesophagitis in patients with asthma.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics - 1 Jan 2013
Harer K N, Enders F T, Lim K G, Alexander J A, Katzka D A
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BACKGROUND: Patients with eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE) commonly have asthma and atopy. AIMS: To determine the predictive factors of EoE in patients with asthma. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of a large database identified 156 asthma patients with EoE and 276 patients without EoE between 2000 and 2010. Clinical and laboratory characteristics were first analyzed in half of each group. Significant differences...
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