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Efficacy of dupilumab therapy in three children with refractory eosinophilic esophagitis: Case study
 
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Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
 
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Students’ Scientific Club, Department of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
 
 
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Katarzyna Górowska-Kowolik   

Katedra i Klinika Pediatrii, SPSK Nr 1 im. prof. S. Szyszko ŚUM, ul. 3 Maja 13/15, 41-800 Zabrze
 
 
 
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Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) is an inflammatory chronic disease of esophagus, that contributes to symptoms of esophagus dysfunction. Recommended treatment strategies to obtain EoE resolution range from elimination diets, through proton pump inhibitors, to topical corticosteroids. In 2023 European Medicines Agency firstly approved the use of dupilumab, which currently is recommended for children from 1 year of age and weighing 15 kg, who cannot take conventional treatment or for whom the therapy is insufficient. We present cases of refractory to conventional therapies patients for whom dupilumab led to endoscopic, histologic and finally clinical remission.
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