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New Eosinophilic Esophagitis Guidelines Update Diagnosis, Therapy
New
clinical guidelines for eosinophilic esophagitis characterize the
disorder as a chronic, immune- and antigen-mediated disease. The updated
consensus recommendations, which constitute the first update since
2007, also suggest that eosinophilic esophagitis is truly on the rise in
both adults and
children, although no one really knows why. The guidelines also suggest
that the disease may have a genetic underpinning — an abnormality in
chromosome 5.
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