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Risk factors for eosinophilic esophagitis.
Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology - 1 Aug 2014
Philpott H, Nandurkar S, Royce S G, Thien F, Gibson P R
Abstract excerpt
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic antigen driven disease, whereby food and/or aeroallergens result in inflammation and luminal narrowing, and the clinical symptoms of dysphagia and food bolus obstruction events (FBOE). Established risk factors are male gender, Caucasian race and atopy. Increased risk amongst family members, and a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in a gene coding thymic stromal...
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