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Gastroenterology Research and Practice
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 328253, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/328253
Clinical Study

Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Children from Western Saudi Arabia: Relative Frequency, Clinical, Pathological, Endoscopic, and Immunological Study

Omar I. Saadah,1 Abdullah J. Aburiziza,2 and Rafat I. Abu Shakra3

1Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology/Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80215, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
2Division of Pediatric Allergy Immunology/Department of Pediatric, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al Qura University, P.O. Box 16097, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia
3Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, International Medical Center, P.O. Box 2172, Jeddah 21451, Saudi Arabia

Received 5 October 2012; Revised 4 November 2012; Accepted 4 November 2012

Academic Editor: Charles Melbern Wilcox

Copyright © 2012 Omar I. Saadah et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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