1. G. Vazquez-Elizondo¹,
2. S. Ngamruengphong¹,
3. M. Khrisna²,
4. K. R. DeVault¹,
5. N. J. Talley¹,
6. S. R. Achem^1,*

Article first published online: 5 OCT 2013

DOI: 10.1111/apt.12513

Link to article: bit.ly/18bA3SS (from John Pohl’s twitter feed)

Methods: Sixty consecutive symptomatic patients with documented oesophageal eosinophilia received open-label omeprazole 20 mg orally twice daily before meals for 8 weeks.  Mean age 48.7 years (18-79).

Results: Clinical improvement occurred in 43 (71.6%), endoscopic signs were reduced in 34 (61.8%) and normalised in 12 (21.8%), and histologically, 34 (56.6%) improved, while 15 (25%) obtained complete resolution. Overall, 22 patients (36.7%) obtained both complete clinical and histological remission

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