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Clinical: | Clinical: | ||
*Dyspepsia. | *Dyspepsia. | ||
**Often mimics gastroesophageal reflux (GERD).<ref name=pmid19596009>{{Cite journal | last1 = Rothenberg | first1 = ME. | title = Biology and treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis. | journal = Gastroenterology | volume = 137 | issue = 4 | pages = 1238-49 | month = Oct | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.07.007 | PMID = 19596009 }} | **Often mimics [[gastroesophageal reflux]] (GERD).<ref name=pmid19596009>{{Cite journal | last1 = Rothenberg | first1 = ME. | title = Biology and treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis. | journal = Gastroenterology | volume = 137 | issue = 4 | pages = 1238-49 | month = Oct | year = 2009 | doi = 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.07.007 | PMID = 19596009 }} | ||
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*Dysphagia.<ref>URL: [http://www.medicinenet.com/eosinophilic_esophagitis/page2.htm#tocc http://www.medicinenet.com/eosinophilic_esophagitis/page2.htm#tocc]. Accessed on: 1 December 2009.</ref> | *Dysphagia.<ref>URL: [http://www.medicinenet.com/eosinophilic_esophagitis/page2.htm#tocc http://www.medicinenet.com/eosinophilic_esophagitis/page2.htm#tocc]. Accessed on: 1 December 2009.</ref> | ||
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*Avoid exacerbating antigens. | *Avoid exacerbating antigens. | ||
*Topical corticosteroids, e.g. fluticasone. | *Topical corticosteroids, e.g. fluticasone. | ||
*Do not respond to proton pump inhibitors. | |||
Biopsies: | Biopsies: | ||