Ultrasonography in the diagnosis and monitoring of ascites in acute abdominal attacks of hereditary angioneurotic oedema

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1225-1230

  Farkas, Henriette ^a   Harmat, George ^b   Kaposi, Pál N ^c   Karádi, István ^a   Fekete, Béla ^d   Füst, George ^e   Fáy, Kálmán ^f   Vass, Anikó ^f   Varga, Lilian ^g  

^a Kutvolgyi Clinical Center   (Hungary)

^b Budapest   (Hungary)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY AND PHYSIOTHERAPY   (Hungary)

^d 3rd Department of Internal Medicine   (Hungary)

^e Richter Gedeon RT   (Hungary)

^f SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^g National Institute of Haematology and Immunology Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Acute abdominal attack; Ascites; C1 esterase inhibitor concentrate; Hereditary angioneurotic oedema; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1S;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ASCITES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034759901     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200110000-00016     Document Type: Article

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