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. 2020 Sep;8(8):2796-2798.e4.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2020.04.009. Epub 2020 Apr 19.

Prevalence and geographic distribution of pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis in the 2012 US Medicaid population

Emily C McGowan  1 , Joshua P Keller  2 , Evan S Dellon  3 , Roger Peng  4 , Corinne A Keet  5
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Prevalence and geographic distribution of pediatric eosinophilic esophagitis in the 2012 US Medicaid population

Emily C McGowan et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2020 Sep.
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Conflict of interest statement

Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest: E. McGowan has received grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI), and Food Allergy Research and Education (FARE), and served as a consultant for Shire, Inc. J. Keller and E.S. Dellon do not report any conflicts that are relevant to this paper. R. Peng receives grant support from the NIH and serves as a consultant for Health Effect Institute. C.A. Keet receives grant support from the NIH.

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Flow Diagram of Medicaid 2012 Beneficiaries Included in Study
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County-level prevalence estimates of EoE among 2012 enrollees in the U.S., smoothed within state. States in gray were excluded from all analyses due to concerns about data quality (ME, ID, RI) or ≥ 15% missing data for race/ethnicity (CO, IA, MA, VT, WA).
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