Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Children and Its Relationship with Parental Allergies: Texas Children's Hospital Experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an allergen-mediated, clinicopathological condition affecting all ages. The characteristics of children with EoE in the southwestern USA have not been fully described. Furthermore, very little is known about the relationship between parental allergies and risk of EoE in their offspring in this patient population.

Aims

To characterize children with EoE and to examine the relationship between prevalence of parental allergies and occurrence of EoE in their offspring at a single referral pediatric center in the southwestern USA.

Methods

Demographic and clinical information of 126 children (≤18 years of age) with EoE was abstracted in a pre-determined data extraction form and analyzed. The allergy history was collected from biol

SUBMITTER: Hiremath G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4731276 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature