It takes one meeting to increase awareness of eosinophilic esophagitis

Tim Vanuytsel

doi:10.1055/a-1243-0601

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2021; 53(01): 25-26
DOI: 10.1055/a-1243-0601

Editorial

It takes one meeting to increase awareness of eosinophilic esophagitis

Referring to Krarup AL et al. p. 15–24

Tim Vanuytsel

¹Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID), Department of Chronic Diseases, Metabolism and Ageing (ChroMetA), University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

²Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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