Prevalence and characteristics of eosinophilic esophagitis in 2 ethnically distinct pediatric populations

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 Feb;133(2):576-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.10.042. Epub 2013 Dec 15.

Authors

Rupinder K Gill¹, Awni Al-Subu², Yoram Elitsur², Raavi Gupta³, William R Treem¹, Simon Rabinowitz¹, Steven M Schwarz⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
² Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology, Marshall University, Huntington, WVa.
³ Department of Pathology, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
⁴ Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, SUNY-Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY. Electronic address: Steven.Schwarz@downstate.edu.

PMID: 24342547
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2013.10.042

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Black or African American
Child
Child, Preschool
Endoscopy, Digestive System
Eosinophilic Esophagitis / diagnosis
Eosinophilic Esophagitis / epidemiology*
Eosinophils / cytology
Female
Humans
Infant
Leukocyte Count
Male
New York / epidemiology
Prevalence
Radioallergosorbent Test
West Virginia / epidemiology
White People