Inter- and intraobserver reliability and validation of a new method for determination of eosinophil counts in patients with esophageal eosinophilia.

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Published in Dig Dis Sci on October 15, 2009

Authors

Evan S Dellon1, Karen J Fritchie, Tara C Rubinas, John T Woosley, Nicholas J Shaheen

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7080, USA. edellon@med.unc.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Diagnosis and Monitoring of Eosinophilic Esophagitis Using the Cytosponge | NCT02114606

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