Abstract
Pediatric eosinophilic colitis (EC) is a rare disease with a prevalence of ~1/63,000 individuals, and at our tertiary care pediatric medical center, only 2% of patients with the ICD-9/10 code for EC likely have the disease.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Colitis / diagnosis
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Colitis / epidemiology*
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Colon / immunology*
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Eosinophilia / diagnosis
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Eosinophilia / epidemiology*
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Eosinophils / immunology*
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Female
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Humans
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Inflammation
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Male
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Phenotype
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Prevalence
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Retrospective Studies
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Tertiary Care Centers
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United States / epidemiology