Older patients with eosinophilic esophagitis have high treatment response to topical steroids
| Autor: | Sydney B. Greenberg, Kisan Thakkar, Sonia Abichandani, Nicole C. Chang, Swathi Eluri, Talya L. Miller, Craig C. Reed, Sumana Reddy, Corey J. Ketchem, Lior Abramson, Evan S. Dellon, Angela Xue |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Treatment response
medicine.medical_specialty Hepatology business.industry fungi Treatment outcome Gastroenterology Retrospective cohort study Eosinophilic Esophagitis medicine.disease New diagnosis Article Older population Eosinophils Older patients Internal medicine Medicine Humans Steroids business Eosinophilic esophagitis Glucocorticoids Aged Retrospective Studies |
| Zdroj: | Dig Liver Dis |
| ISSN: | 1878-3562 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: There are few data assessing treatment response in older eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) patients and we evaluated treatment outcomes to topical corticosteroids (tCS) in this older population. METHODS: This retrospective cohort study of the UNC EoE Clinicopathologic database included subjects with a new diagnosis of EoE treated with tCS. Histologic responses, global symptom response, and endoscopic changes were recorded. Older EoE patients (≥65 years) were compared to younger EoE patients ( |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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