Efficacy of danazol treatment in a patient with the new variant of hereditary angio-oedema (HAE III) [3]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 157-158

  Herrmann, G ^a   Schneider, L ^b   Krieg, T ^a   Hunzelmann, N ^a   Scharffetter Kochanek, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; DANAZOL; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FACE EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LARYNX EDEMA; LETTER; PATIENT; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYMPTOM; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; DANAZOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 1242320163     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.05669.x     Document Type: Letter

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