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By
Glen Furuta, MD
Included in series
The Clinics: Internal Medicine,
Description
As Guest Editor, Dr. Glenn Furuta has assembled an extraordinary group of highly accomplished individual players?pediatric and adult gastroenterologists,
endoscopists, and surgeons, pathologists, immunologists, and allergists--to produce a state-of-the-art issue devoted to Eosinophilic
Esophagitis. This disease is complex, and in its varying presentations in children and adults, may have more than one pathogenesis.
One thing is certain: eosinophilic esophagitis is an important disease that causes considerable morbidity in those afflicted and is
a major cause of esophageal symptoms, particularly dysphagia. Eosinophilic esophagitis is increasing in frequency like bronchial asthma,
to which it has been compared. The relationship of eosinophilic esophagitis to gastroesophageal reflux disease remains poorly defined
in some cases. Chronic eosinophilic esophagitis seems to lead to fibrosis in some patients, and eosinophilic esophagitis has been linked
to the Schatzki ring long associated with hiatal hernia and GERD. These issues, as well as a strong emphasis on current approaches to
diagnosis and therapy are presented.
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Hardbound, 240 pages, publication date: DEC-2007
ISBN-13: 978-1-4160-5841-0
ISBN-10: 1-4160-5841-9
Imprint: SAUNDERS
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Last update: 10 Sep 2009
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