Cytokine Expression in Healthy and Inflamed Mucosa: Probing the Role of Eosinophils in the Digestive Tract
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- 1 August 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- Vol. 11 (8), 720-726
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.mib.0000172557.39767.53
Abstract
Background. In eosinophilic esophagitis (EE), the esophagus is infiltrated with activated eosinophils that often evoke tissue damage, but the intestines of theKeywords
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