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Immunopathogenesis of Eosinophilic Esophagitis [PDF]

Digestive Diseases, 2014
<b><i>Background:</i></b> Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the esophagus associated with dysphagia in adults and refractory reflux syndromes in children. <b><i>Methods:</i></b> Immunological and genetic approaches have been used to better understand the pathophysiology ...
Simon H.-U., Straumann A.
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Endoscopic diagnosis and management of eosinophilic esophagitis

DEN Open
Eosinophilic esophagitis is a chronic allergic inflammatory disease, and its incidence and prevalence have recently increased. Eosinophilic esophagitis has not become a rare disease; thus, knowledge for diagnosing it is needed in current clinical ...
Fumio Tanaka, Akinari Sawada, Sayaka Tanaka, Kenichi Kohashi, Yasuhiro Fujiwara   +4 more
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Eosinophilic esophagitis manifesting as intractable hiccups in an elderly patient: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Eosinophilic esophagitis is a condition characterized clinically by symptoms related to esophageal dysfunction and histologically by a marked eosinophilic infiltrate in the esophageal mucosa.
Sarah Jalloul, Johny Salem, Karam Karam, Clara Chamoun, Louis Chaptini   +4 more
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HISTOLOGICAL FEATURES OF EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia, 2017
BACKGROUND: Eosinophilic esophagitis is an emerging disease featured by eosinophilic esophageal infiltrate not responsive to proton pump inhibitors.
Adriana Elisabeth Aguiar Benavides CARRASCO, Rodrigo Strehl MACHADO, Francy Reis da Silva PATRÍCIO, Elisabete KAWAKAMI   +3 more
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Eosinophilic Esophagitis and Allergy [PDF]

Digestive Diseases, 2014
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) has been associated with allergic diseases of the airways and skin. Here, we review the current literature on the sensitization pattern of adult EoE patients and critically discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic tools available. Most EoE patients have elevated total IgE levels in serum and are sensitized to aero- and food
Simon D., Straumann A., Simon H.-U.
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Association between serum alder‐specific immunoglobulin E positivity and seasonal onset of eosinophilic esophagitis

JGH Open
Background and Aim Pollen exposure may induce seasonal onset of eosinophilic esophagitis. However, whether serum pollen‐specific immunoglobulin E positivity can predict such seasonal eosinophilic esophagitis onset remains unclear.
Akihiro Watanabe, Fumio Tanaka, Akinari Sawada, Yu Nishida, Hirotsugu Maruyama, Masaki Ominami, Koji Otani, Shusei Fukunaga, Shuhei Hosomi, Yasuhiro Fujiwara   +9 more
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Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders

Alergologia Polska
Primary eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders involve eosinophil infiltration in the gastrointestinal tract without other known causes of tissue eosinophilia.
Anna Karwowska, Wojciech Nowicki, Agata Zowczak, Aleksandra Wojno, Radosław Kempiński   +4 more
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Endoluminal vacuum therapy in the management of an esophago-pleural fistula as a complication of Boerhaave syndrome in a patient with eosinophilic esophagitis

BMC Gastroenterology, 2021
Background Boerhaave syndrome is an uncommon condition that represents about 15% of all esophageal perforation. A subset of these patients has eosinophilic esophagitis, a chronic inflammatory disease of the esophagus, that carries a risk of perforation ...
Carlos Tuñon, Juan De Lucas, Jan Cubilla, Rafael Andrade, Miguel Aguirre, Julio Zúñiga Cisneros   +5 more
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Eosinophilic esophagitis and esophageal microbiota

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an antigen-mediated chronic inflammatory disease of the esophagus, the prevalence of which has steadily increased in recent years. The pathogenesis of EoE is not yet well-defined; however, recent studies have demonstrated that the esophageal microbiota is an essential regulator of physiological and pathological ...
Xiaohan Zhang, Xiaohan Zhang, Nana Zhang, Zikai Wang, Zikai Wang   +4 more
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Patient-reported symptoms and burden of eosinophilic esophagitis: evidence from real-world clinical practice

BMC Gastroenterology
Background Eosinophilic esophagitis is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the esophagus. This real-world study used patient and physician surveys to describe the clinical characteristics and disease burden of eosinophilic esophagitis—overall and in a ...
Xiao Xu, Justin Kwiatek, James Siddall, Eduardo Genofre, Heide Stirnadel-Farrant, Rohit Katial   +5 more
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