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SUBMITTER: Agostoni A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7119155 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Agostoni Angelo A Aygören-Pürsün Emel E Binkley Karen E KE Blanch Alvaro A Bork Konrad K Bouillet Laurence L Bucher Christoph C Castaldo Anthony J AJ Cicardi Marco M Davis Alvin E AE De Carolis Caterina C Drouet Christian C Duponchel Christiane C Farkas Henriette H Fáy Kálmán K Fekete Béla B Fischer Bettina B Fontana Luigi L Füst George G Giacomelli Roberto R Gröner Albrecht A Hack C Erik CE Harmat George G Jakenfelds John J Juers Mathias M Kalmár Lajos L Kaposi Pál N PN Karádi István I Kitzinger Arianna A Kollár Tímea T Kreuz Wolfhart W Lakatos Peter P Longhurst Hilary J HJ Lopez-Trascasa Margarita M Martinez-Saguer Inmaculada I Monnier Nicole N Nagy István I Németh Eva E Nielsen Erik Waage EW Nuijens Jan H JH O'grady Caroline C Pappalardo Emanuela E Penna Vincenzo V Perricone Carlo C Perricone Roberto R Rauch Ursula U Roche Olga O Rusicke Eva E Späth Peter J PJ Szendei George G Takács Edit E Tordai Attila A Truedsson Lennart L Varga Lilian L Visy Beáta B Williams Kayla K Zanichelli Andrea A Zingale Lorenza L
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 20040901 3 Suppl
Hereditary angioedema (HAE), a rare but life-threatening condition, manifests as acute attacks of facial, laryngeal, genital, or peripheral swelling or abdominal pain secondary to intra-abdominal edema. Resulting from mutations affecting C1 esterase inhibitor (C1-INH), inhibitor of the first complement system component, attacks are not histamine-mediated and do not respond to antihistamines or corticosteroids. Low awareness and resemblance to other disorders often delay diagnosis; despite availa ...[more]