Recurring acute abdominal pains in an adolescent as the presenting manifestations of hereditary angioneurotic oedema

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1158-1161

  Foix L'Hélias, Laurence ^a   Weiss, Laurence ^b   Mollet Boudjemline, Alix ^a   Fallik, David ^a   Trioche Eberschweiler, Pascale ^a   Labrune, Philippe ^a  

^a HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Abdominal pains; Hereditary angioneurotic oedema; Peritoneal effusion

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1S INHIBITOR; DANAZOL;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FAMILY HISTORY; FOOT DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERITONEAL BIOPSY; PERITONEAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; DANAZOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RECURRENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23844509982     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250410026338     Document Type: Article

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