Gastroenterology
Volume 131, Issue 5 , Pages 1381-1391 , November 2006

A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Fluticasone Propionate for Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis

  • Michael R. Konikoff

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Richard J. Noel

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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  • Carine Blanchard

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Cassie Kirby

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Sean C. Jameson

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Bridget K. Buckmeier

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Rachel Akers

      Affiliations

    • Center for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Mitchell B. Cohen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Margaret H. Collins

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Amal H. Assa’ad

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Seema S. Aceves

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital of San Diego, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
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  • Philip E. Putnam

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Marc E. Rothenberg

      Affiliations

    • Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Marc E. Rothenberg, MD, PhD, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, ML 7028, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229-3039. fax: (513) 636-3310.

Received 12 June 2006 ,Accepted 26 July 2006.

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 Supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, the CURED Foundation, the Buckeye Foundation, an American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology/Sanofi-Aventis Women Physician in Allergy grant, and a grant from the US Public Health Service (NIH T32 DK007727).

PII: S0016-5085(06)01792-6

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2006.08.033

Gastroenterology
Volume 131, Issue 5 , Pages 1381-1391 , November 2006

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