Association Between Body Mass Index and Clinical and Endoscopic Features of Eosinophilic Esophagitis.

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Published in Dig Dis Sci on October 24, 2016

Authors

W Asher Wolf1, Nicholas A Piazza1, Jessica H Gebhart1, Spencer Rusin2, Shannon Covey2, Leana L Higgins1, RoseMary Beitia1, Olga Speck2, Kimberly Woodward2, Cary C Cotton1, Thomas M Runge1, Swathi Eluri1, John T Woosley2, Nicholas J Shaheen1, Evan S Dellon3

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#7080 Bioinformatics Building, 130 Mason Farm Rd., Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7080, USA.
2: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
3: Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#7080 Bioinformatics Building, 130 Mason Farm Rd., Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7080, USA. edellon@med.unc.edu.

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