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Antihistamine-resistant angioedema in women with negative family history: estrogens and F12 gene mutations.
The American journal of medicine - 1 Dec 2013
Bork Konrad, Wulff Karin, Witzke Günther, Stanger Christian, Lohse Peter, Hardt Jochen
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In women with sporadic recurrent angioedema with an unknown cause who are unresponsive to antihistamines and have normal C1 inhibitor activity and a negative family history of angioedema, it is unclear whether they have idiopathic angioedema or hereditary angioedema with normal C1 inhibitor, and what impact exogenous estrogens have on their angioedema. METHODS: A cohort of 147 women was analyzed for...
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