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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014 Jan 17;12(8):1272–1279. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.12.034

Table 4.

Selected Results from Studies of Dietary Elimination Therapy in Adults with EoE

Lead
Author,
Year		 Diet
Type(s)		 N Symptom
Response
(% improved)		 Endoscopic
Response
(% improved)		 Histologic Response
Lucendo, 201322 SFED 67 --- --- 73% with <15 eos/hpf
Gonsalves, 201218 SFED 50 94 --- 74% with <15 eos/hpf; 78% with >50% reduction in eos
Gonzales-Cervera, 201221 SFED, Targeted 3 100 100 100% improved
Molina-Infante, 201220 Targeted 22 33 --- 33% with <15 eos/hpf
Simon, 200617 Targeted 6 17 0 No change*
Gonsalves, 201319 4 food elimination diet 13† 81 70 46% with <10 eos/hpf; 85% with ≥50% reduction in eos
Peterson, 201323 Elemental 18 0 94 72% with <10 eos/hpf
*

EGD performed in the 1 patient with symptom improvement, results reported as “almost identical” to previous study.

†

Study of adults and children, only adult data included here.