Successful use of ecallantide to treat a hereditary angioedema attack after failure of C1 inhibitor prophylaxis

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-182

  Burke, Shayna ^a,b   Petrov, Andrej ^a   Johnson, Jonas ^a   MacGinnitie, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1S INHIBITOR; ECALLANTIDE;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; CASE REPORT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DRUG USE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MORNING DOSAGE; NECK; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STRIDOR; SWELLING; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEA SURGERY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ANGIOEDEMAS, HEREDITARY; COMPLEMENT C1 INACTIVATOR PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KALLIKREINS; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REMISSION INDUCTION; TRACHEAL STENOSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960907474     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2011.05.029     Document Type: Letter

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