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Clinical:  
Clinical:  
*Dyspepsia.
*Dyspepsia.
**Often mimics gastroesophageal reflux (GERD).<ref name=pmid19596009>PMID 19596009.</ref>
**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>
*The current thinking is that it is a clinico-pathologic diagnosis.<ref name=pmid20524860>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Genevay | first1 = M. | last2 = Rubbia-Brandt | first2 = L. | last3 = Rougemont | first3 = AL. | title = Do eosinophil numbers differentiate eosinophilic esophagitis from gastroesophageal reflux disease? | journal = Arch Pathol Lab Med | volume = 134 | issue = 6 | pages = 815-25 | month = Jun | year = 2010 | doi = 10.1043/1543-2165-134.6.815 | PMID = 20524860 | url = http://www.archivesofpathology.org/doi/full/10.1043/1543-2165-134.6.815 }}</ref>


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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Eosinophilic_esophagitis_-_2_-_high_mag.jpg Eosinophilic esophagitis - high mag. (WC)].
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Eosinophilic_esophagitis_-_2_-_high_mag.jpg Eosinophilic esophagitis - high mag. (WC)].
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841420/figure/F0003/ Eosinophilic esophagitis (nih.gov)].
*[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2841420/figure/F0003/ Eosinophilic esophagitis (nih.gov)].
*[http://www.archivesofpathology.org/action/showFullPopup?id=i1543-2165-134-6-815-f03&doi=10.1043%2F1543-2165-134.6.815 EE versus GERD (archivesofpathology.org)].<ref name=pmid20524860/>


==Erosive esophagitis==
==Erosive esophagitis==
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