Article
Hereditary and acquired C1-inhibitor deficiency: biological and clinical characteristics in 235 patients.
Medicine - 1 Jul 1992
Agostoni A, Cicardi M
Abstract excerpt
Two hundred and twenty-six patients with inherited C1 inhibitor (C1-INH) deficiency, also known as hereditary angioedema (HAE), have been studied. They belonged to 80 unrelated families, and in 11 of them C1-INH was functionally deficient but antigenically normal (type II HAE). Genetic analysis of type 1 families demonstrated restriction fragment length polymorphisms in 11% and abnormal mRNAs in 25%. In type II...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Angioedema
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Causality
- Child
- Complement C1 Inactivator Proteins
- Danazol
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
