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Recent advances in the pathological understanding of eosinophilic esophagitis.
Expert review of gastroenterology & hepatology - 1 Jan 2015
Cianferoni Antonella, Spergel Jonathan M, Muir Amanda
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Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic allergen-mediated inflammatory disease of the esophagus. This inflammation leads to feeding difficulties, failure to thrive and vomiting in young children, and causes food impaction and esophageal stricture in adolescents and adults. In the 20 years since EoE was first described, we have gained a great deal of knowledge regarding the genetic predisposition of disease,...
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