HISTOLOGICAL FEATURES OF EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Eosinophilic esophagitis is an emerging disease featured by eosinophilic esophageal infiltrate not responsive to proton pump inhibitors. OBJECTIVE: To characterize histological features of children and adolescents with eosinophilic esophagitis. METHODS: Cross-sectional stu...

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Main Authors: Adriana Elisabeth Aguiar Benavides CARRASCO, Rodrigo Strehl MACHADO, Francy Reis da Silva PATRÍCIO, Elisabete KAWAKAMI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2017-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032017005010102&lng=en&tlng=en