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Eosinophilic Esophagitis

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Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract

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  1. Departamento de Diagnóstico Laboratorial – Serviço de Anatomia Patológica, Instituto Portugues de Oncologia Lisboa Francisco Gentil, IPOLFG, E.P.E, Rua Prof Lima Basto, Lisbon, 1099-023, Portugal

    Rafaela L. Rego

  2. Division of Anatomic Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st SW St, Jacksonville, FL, 55905, USA

    Jason T. Lewis

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  1. Faculty of Medicine of Porto University, Centro Hospitalar São João and Ipatimup/i3S, Porto, Portugal

    Fátima Carneiro

  2. Serviço de Anatomia Patológica, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa de Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal

    Paula Chaves

  3. Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal

    Paula Chaves

  4. Department of Pathology, Ankara University Medical School, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey

    Arzu Ensari

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Rego, R.L., Lewis, J.T. (2017). Eosinophilic Esophagitis. In: Carneiro, F., Chaves, P., Ensari, A. (eds) Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40560-5_1592

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