%0 Journal Article %A Ilche T. Nonevski %A Erinn Downs-Kelly %A Gary W. Falk %T Eosinophilic esophagitis: An increasingly recognized cause of dysphagia, food impaction, and refractory heartburn %D 2008 %J Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine %P 623-633 %V 75 %N 9 %X Eosinophilic esophagitis is an increasingly recognized cause of a variety of esophageal symptoms, including dysphagia, food impaction, atypical chest pain, and heartburn that does not respond to medical therapy. Its cause is unknown, but allergic and immune-mediated mechanisms similar to those of asthma and other atopic diseases are implicated. %U https://www.ccjm.org/content/ccjom/75/9/623.full.pdf