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Eosinophilic Esophagitis - Healthcare Professionals

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Diagnostic Guideline• EoE is a clinicopathologic disease• Clinically, EoE is characterized bysymptoms related to esophagealdysfunction• Pathologically, 1 or more biopsyspecimens must show eosinophilpredominantinflammation. With fewexceptions, 15 eosinophils/hpf (peakvalue) is considered a minimum thresholdfor a diagnosis of EoE.

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