Hereditary angioedema: 44 years of diagnostic delay
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Hereditary angioedema: 44 years of diagnostic delay.
We report a 64-year-old man who suffered from recurrent visible swelling attacks since the age of 20 as well as episodes with severe upper airway edema, resulting in 4 emergency tracheotomies. Eventually after 44 years he was diagnosed with hereditary angioedema (HAE) type II. The aims of this report is to emphasize the importance of awareness concerning HAE, which does not respond to tradition...
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عنوان ژورنال: Dermatology Online Journal
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1087-2108
DOI: 10.5070/d3224030628