Hereditary angioedema, a rare cause of acute abdominal pain with ascites;Hereditares angioodem: Eine seltene ursache fur akute abdominalschmerzen mit aszites

Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 123, Issue 40, 1998, Pages 1166-1171

  Goti, F ^a,d   Melcher, G A ^a   Spath P ^b,e   Wuthrich B ^c,f  

^a Spital Uster   (Switzerland)

^b Blutspendedienst SRK   (Switzerland)

^c Allergiestation Dermatologischen U

^d Zentrallaboratorium Schweizer R ^*  (Switzerland)

^e Zentrallaboratorium Schweizer R   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1S INHIBITOR; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; HEMATOCRIT; PEDIGREE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ASCITES; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT C1 INACTIVATOR PROTEINS; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0032475737     PISSN: 00120472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1024139     Document Type: Article

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