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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2015
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Marc E. Rothenberg, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Leah Kottyan, Blue Ash, OH (US);
John Harley, Cincinnati, OH (US);
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
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.