Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 99-106 , January 2002

The small-caliber esophagus: An unappreciated cause of dysphagia for solids in patients with eosinophilic esophagitis

Received 10 November 2000 ,Revised 31 January 2001 ,Accepted 5 April 2001.

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☆ Reprint requests: W. J. Hogan, MD, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226.

PII: S0016-5107(02)57918-9

doi: 10.1067/mge.2002.118645

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 55, Issue 1 , Pages 99-106 , January 2002

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