Children's Hospital Medical Center

Leah Kottyan

Marc Elliot Rothenberg

John B Harley

Methods and compositions disclosed herein generally relate to determination of susceptibility to eosinophilic esophagitis, asthma, and/or allergic diseases, disorders, and/or pulmonary and/or upper gastrointestinal conditions arising therefrom and/or related thereto and the diagnosis, treatment, and/or management of eosinophilic esophagitis, asthma, and/or allergic diseases, disorders, and/or pulmonary and/or upper gastrointestinal conditions arising therefrom and/or related thereto. Embodiments of the invention relate to the association between genes and specific polymorphisms of genes with eosinophilic esophagitis. Embodiments of the invention can be used to determine and manage patient risk factors for development of eosinophilic esophagitis; this determination can then be used to diagnose eosinophilic esophagitis and to treat a patient diagnosed with eosinophilic esophagitis.

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Blue Ash, OH, United States of America

Leah Kottyan