The extremely narrow-caliber esophagus is a treatment-resistant subphenotype of eosinophilic esophagitis.

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Published in Gastrointest Endosc on December 01, 2015

Authors

Swathi Eluri1, Thomas M Runge1, Cary C Cotton1, Caitlin M Burk1, W Asher Wolf1, John T Woosley2, Nicholas J Shaheen3, Evan S Dellon3

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, North Carolina, USA.
2: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
3: Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA; Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

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