TY - JOUR T1 - Eosinophilic esophagitis: An increasingly recognized cause of dysphagia, food impaction, and refractory heartburn JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 623 LP - 633 VL - 75 IS - 9 AU - Ilche T. Nonevski AU - Erinn Downs-Kelly AU - Gary W. Falk Y1 - 2008/09/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/75/9/623.abstract N2 - 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. ER -