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SUBMITTER: Goyal A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4734951 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics 20160201 1
Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an allergy-mediated disease culminating in severe eosinophilic inflammation and dysfunction of the esophagus. This chronic disorder of the esophagus causes significant morbidity, poor quality of life, and complications involving fibrosis and esophageal remodeling. Overlapping features between EoE and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) pose great challenges to differentiating the two conditions, although the two disorders are not mutually exclusive. Recent fi ...[more]