Eosinophilic and Autoimmune Gastrointestinal Disease: New Insights and New Entities, An Issue of Gastroenterology Clinics
Nicholas J. Talley MD PhD FACP FRACP FRCP
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EE) is a clinicopathologic disease characterized by upper intestinal symptoms and the finding of more than 15 or 20 eosinophils in the esophageal epithelium; these findings are unresponsive to proton pump inhibitor treatment. EE is a common disease that affects both children and adults. Some of the many important topics covered include eosinophilic esophagitis in adults and children, celiac disease, autoimmune pancreatitis, autoimmune hepatitis, enteric autoantibodies and gut motility disorders, autoantibodies and inflammatory bowel disease.
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Год:
2008
Издание:
1
Издательство:
Saunders
Язык:
english
Страницы:
169
ISBN 10:
1416058400
ISBN 13:
9781416058403
Серия:
Gastroenterology Clinics of North America Volume 37, Issue 2, Pages 307-492 (June 2008)
Файл:
PDF, 4.73 MB
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english, 2008