Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 11 , Pages 834-843 , November 2009

Eosinophilic Digestive Diseases: Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis, and Colitis

  • Allison Shifflet

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
    • ,
  • Faripour Forouhar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
    • ,
  • George Y. Wu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Professor George Y. Wu, Division of Gastroenterology-Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030, USA

Received 28 August 2009 ,Revised 24 September 2009 ,Accepted 2 October 2009.

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PII: S0929-6646(09)60414-9

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60414-9

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 108, Issue 11 , Pages 834-843 , November 2009

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