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The oesophageal string test: a novel, minimally invasive method measures mucosal inflammation in eosinophilic oesophagitis

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2012

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Glenn T. Furuta, Amir F. Kagalwalla, James J. Lee, Preeth Alumkal, Brian T. Maybruck, Sophie Fillon, Joanne C. Masterson, Sergei I. Ochkur, Cheryl Protheroe, Wendy Moore,
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Abstract

The presence of eosinophil-derived proteins in luminal secretions is reflective of mucosal inflammation in children with EoE. The EST is a novel, minimally invasive device for measuring oesophageal eosinophilic inflammation in children with EoE.

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