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Eosinophilic Esophagitis

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Eosinophilic Esophagitis is a relatively new disease with diagnostic criteria first established in 2007. Clinical experiences and an increasing number of research studies support that EoE is a chronic inflammatory esophageal disease of allergic etiology that leads to symptoms in adults characterized by dysphagia and food impaction and in children by reflux-like symptoms and feeding difficulties. Treatments include dietary restriction of offending allergens, swallowed topical steroids, or esophageal dilation. The natural history of EoE remains undefined except that complications such as food impaction and esophageal stricture occur in some patients.

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Acknowledgements

Supported by: NIH 1K24DK100303 (Furuta GT) and Consortium for Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Researchers (CEGIR). CEGIR (U54 AI117804) is part of the Rare Diseases Clinical Research Network (RDCRN), an initiative of the Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR), NCATS, and is funded through collaboration between NCATS, NIAID and NIDDK, as well as the patient advocacy groups American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders (APFED), CURED and the Eosinophilic Family Coalition (EFC), which have collectively resulted in the Consortium of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease Researchers (CEGIR). (Furuta GT).

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  1. Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Diseases Program, Digestive Health Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children’s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA

    Calies Menard-Katcher M.D.

  2. Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Diseases Program, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Allergy, Children’s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA

    Dan Atkins M.D.

  3. Gastrointestinal Eosinophilic Diseases Program, Mucosal Inflammation Program, Digestive Health Institute, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Children’s Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA

    Glenn T. Furuta B.A., M.D.

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Menard-Katcher, C., Atkins, D., Furuta, G.T. (2018). Eosinophilic Esophagitis. In: Bardan, E., Shaker, R. (eds) Gastrointestinal Motility Disorders . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59352-4_21

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