Hereditary angioedema in children: review and practical perspective for clinical management

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Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare, life-threatening genetic disorder characterized by acute, recurrent and unpredictable episodes of cutaneous or submucosal angioedema, mediated by bradykinin, due to C1 inhibitor (C1INH) abnormalities in the vast majority of cases. The epidemiology of the disease is poorly documented in children. Clinical manifestations usually appear during childhood or early adolescence. Cla...

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• Angioedemas, Hereditary
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Coagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema
• Complement C1 Inhibitor Protein
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Genetic Predisposition to Disease
• Mutation

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Literature Corpus work

01ae37b6-6ca1-5919-be77-9b199efd8f07

DOI

10.22541/au.172152026.63494169/v1