Open AccessPhenotype and Natural History of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Patients With Concomitant Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Author(s) -
Michael Mintz,
Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
inflammatory bowel diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.932
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1536-4844
pISSN - 1078-0998
DOI - 10.1093/ibd/izaa094
Subject(s) - medicine , eosinophilic esophagitis , gastroenterology , concomitant , natural history , inflammatory bowel disease , dysphagia , crohn's disease , esophagitis , disease , surgery , reflux
The co-occurrence of autoimmune diseases is well recognized. Though studies have suggested that eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is more common in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), whether co-occurrence of EoE modifies natural history of IBD is unknown.