TY - BOOK AU - Tamer Mohamed Mahmoud Eltayeb AU - Dina Omar Helmy , AU - Magdy Amin Elserafy , AU - Shereen Shoukry Hunter , TI - Prevalence of eosinophilic esophagitis among adults presenting with oesophageal symptoms / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Tamer Mohamed Mahmoud Eltayeb , KW - Adults presenting KW - Oesophageal symptoms KW - Prevalence of eosinophilic N1 - Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Tropical Medicine; Issued also as CD N2 - This study included 91 patients complaining of esophageal symptoms such as dysphagia / odynophagia , food impaction , abdominal pain and vomiting . Mid and low esophageal biopsies were taken and examined under HPF . Eosinophilic esophagitis was diagnosed by >/ = 15 eosinophils / HPF . Mean age of the participants was 43 years with a standard deviation of 9.9 years ER -