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Eosinophilic oesophagitis
Author(s) -
Kakakios Alyson,
Heine Ralf G
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00620.x
Subject(s) - eosinophilic esophagitis , medicine , dermatology , gastroenterology , disease
The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025-729X 2 October 2006 185 7 401-401 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2006 www.mja.com.au MJA Practice Essentials — Allergy reported a dramatic rise in prevalence of EO (from 0.05 cases per 10 000 children in 1995 to 0.89 cases per 10 000 children in 2004) (Level III-2). The estimated prevalence in the US population aged 0–19 years is even higher, at 4.3 cases per 10 000 individuals.