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**** NEW ****British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and British Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (BSPGHAN) joint consensus guidelines on the diagnosis and management of eosinophilic oesophagitis in children and adults (May 2022)

Authors include specialists from Gastroenterology, Allergy, Dietetics, Pathology, Endoscopic Nursing and Patient Representation from EOS Network:

Anjan Dhar, Hasan N Haboubi, Stephen E Attwood, Marcus K H Auth, Jason M Dunn, Rami Sweis, Danielle Morris, Jenny Epstein, Marco R Novelli, Hannah Hunter, Amanda Cordell, Sharon Hall, Jamal O Hayat, Kapil Kapur, Andrew Robert Moore, Carol Read, Sarmed S Sami, Paul J Turner and Nigel J Trudgill

Cite: Dhar A, Haboubi HN, Attwood SE, et al. Gut Epub ahead of print: [please include Day Month Year]. doi:10.1136/ gutjnl-2022-327326

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EoE INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINE(2011)

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