Gastroenterology
Volume 125, Issue 6 , Pages 1660-1669 , December 2003

Natural history of primary eosinophilic esophagitis: a follow-up of 30 adult patients for up to 11.5 years

  • Alex Straumann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, Kantonsspital, Olten, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Alex Straumann, M.D., Department of Gastroenterology, Kantonsspital Olten, Roemerstrasse 7, CH-4600, Olten, Switzerland; fax: (41) 62-212-5564
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  • Hans-peter Spichtin

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Clinical Pathology, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Leticia Grize

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Kathleen A Bucher

      Affiliations

    • BioConsult, Rickenbach, Switzerland
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  • Christoph Beglinger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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  • Hans-uwe Simon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Received 11 April 2003 ,Accepted 11 September 2003.

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doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2003.09.024

Gastroenterology
Volume 125, Issue 6 , Pages 1660-1669 , December 2003

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