Open AccessDilation Modifies Association Between Symptoms and Esophageal Eosinophilia in Adult Patients With Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Author(s) -
Ekaterina Safroneeva,
Cary C. Cotton,
Alain Schoepfer,
Marcel Zwahlen,
John T. Woosley,
Evan S. Dellon
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the american journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.907
H-Index - 252
eISSN - 1572-0241
pISSN - 0002-9270
DOI - 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000957
Subject(s) - eosinophilic esophagitis , medicine , dysphagia , eosinophilia , gastroenterology , fluticasone , randomized controlled trial , budesonide , high power field , asthma , surgery , disease , immunohistochemistry
We investigated whether dilation modifies the association between symptoms and esophageal eosinophilia (peak esophageal eosinophils/high-power field [eos/hpf]) in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis enrolled into a randomized trial comparing the efficacy of budesonide and fluticasone.