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Eosinophilic gastroenteritis

A rare benign gastrointestinal disease characterized by the presence of abnormal and nonspecific gastro-intestinal (GI) manifestations, associated with an eosinophilic infiltration of the GI tract, which can affect several segments and involve several layers within the GI wall.

Abdominal symptom

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PMID (PMCID)
9142635	FEMALE	Middle Aged
	Case report: eosinophilic colitis with high antibody titre against Ascaris suum.
	Takeyama Y, Kamimura S, Suzumiya J, Oh K, Okumura M, Akahane H, Maruyama H, Nawa Y, Ohkawara T, Kikuchi M. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 1997;12(3):204-6.
	Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) is an inflammatory disease characterized by eosinophilic infiltration of the gastrointestinal tract accompanied by varying abdominal symptoms and usually by peripheral blood eosinophilia.
1879097	MIXED_SAMPLE	Infant
	The spectrum of eosinophilic gastroenteritis. Report of six pediatric cases and review of the literature.
	Steffen RM, Wyllie R, Petras RE, Caulfield ME, Michener WM, Firor HV, Norris DG. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 1991;30(7):404-11.
	Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is an inflammatory disease of unknown etiology characterized by infiltration of the gastrointestinal tract with eosinophilic leukocytes, accompanied by varying abdominal symptoms and usually by peripheral blood eosinophilia.