The Impact of Dietary Therapy on Clinical and Biologic Parameters of Pediatric Patients with Eosinophilic Esophagitis

D Colson, N Kalach, P Soulaines. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2014;2(5):587–593 The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of various elimination diets on the nutritional status of children with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). The study included 59 children consecutively referred to the pediatric gastroenterology department at the hospital Necker-Enfants Malades in Paris, France, who had nutritional assessment before and after a 2-month dietary therapy period without oral or topical corticosteroids. There were 37 boys and 22 girls ranging in age from 9 months to 15 years. Children with EoE were treated with a modified 6 …