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Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis & Eosinophilic Ascites Associated with RA

Helen Lyo, Eugene Han, MD, Shivakumar Vignesh, MD, & Nancy Soloman, MD  |  Issue: June 2019  |  

Helen LyoHelen Lyo is a fourth-year medical student at SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Class of 2019, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Eugene Han, MDEugene Han, MD, is a former gastro­enterology fellow at SUNY Downstate Gastroenterology Group of Northern New Jersey, and an attending gastroenterologist.

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Shivakumar Vignesh, MDShivakumar Vignesh, MD, is a gastro­enterology attending at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Nancy Soloman, MDNancy Soloman, MD, is a rheumatology attending physician at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Acknowledgment

The authors thank Rong Xia, MD, a path­ology resident at SUNY Downstate Medical Center for her assistance on this article.

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