Journal Article10.1111/J.1572-0241.2003.07390.X
Elemental diet is an effective treatment for eosinophilic esophagitis in children and adolescents.
TL;DR: Elemental diet resulted in striking improvement in both symptoms and histologic evidence of disease in children and adolescents with EoE, as identified by strict diagnostic criteria.
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About: This article is published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology. The article was published on 01 Apr 2003. The article focuses on the topics: Esophagitis & Eosinophilic esophagitis.
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