...Robin Mona; Petr Hruz Background: Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) has been described as a chronic allergen/immune-mediated disease characterized by symptoms of esophageal dysfunction and eosinophilic infiltration of the mucosa. Summary: Over the past decades, EoE has been increasingly recognized...

...Ekaterina Safroneeva; Alain M. Schoepfer Background: Since the first description of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) as clinicopathologic syndrome three decades ago, considerable progress has been made to standardize and validate instruments to assess symptom severity, quality of life, endoscopic...

...Jeanine Wakim El-Khoury; Ekaterina Safroneeva; Alain M. Schoepfer Background: In patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), the correlation between symptoms of esophageal dysfunction and endoscopic and histologic disease activity is generally poor and probably related to multiple causes...

...William Sterlacci; Michael Vieth; Markus Neurath Background: Eosinophilic esophagitis is an increasing condition in industrialized countries. The etiology is still somewhat unclear. It was thought that it can be part of eosinophilic gastroenteritis but nowadays seen as a separate entity and thus...

...Alain M. Schoepfer; Ekaterina Safroneeva Background: Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is a chronic, food allergen-mediated, esophageal disease that will lead, if left untreated, to esophageal remodeling. As such, the vast majority of EoE patients need treatment. Treatment strategies include drugs...

... Sempoux; Ruggero Biral; Wolfram Jochum; Joachim Diebold; Niels Willi; Alex Straumann; Alain M. Schoepfer; on behalf of the Swiss EoE Cohort Study Group Introduction: The Swiss Eosinophilic Esophagitis Cohort Study (SEECS) is a national cohort that was established in 2015 with the aim of improving quality...

...Javier Chahuan; Alfredo J. Lucendo Background: The effectiveness of dietary therapy to induce remission of eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) has been evaluated over the last decades and summarized in meta-analyses. Choosing the dietary modality, identifying the most suitable patients, and implementing...

...Y. Claire Fan; David Steele; Bharati Kochar; Diana Arsene; Millie D. Long; Evan S. Dellon Background: The overlap between eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has not been extensively examined. We aimed to assess the prevalence of esophageal eosinophilia in patients...

...; Stephan Vavricka; Pierre Michetti; Christoph Mueller; Alex Straumann; Alain M. Schoepfer; on behalf of the Swiss EoE Cohort Study Group Background and Aims: The prospective, observational Swiss Eosinophilic Esophagitis Cohort Study (SEECS) was set up in 2015 with the following goals in mind: (1...

...Shunji Ishihara; Yoshikazu Kinoshita; Alain Schoepfer Background: Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE), and eosinophilic colitis (EoC) have been diagnosed with an increasing frequency over the last decades. All these diseases share pathogenic similarities with respect...