Factitious angioedema: A mimic of refractory "angioedema"

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 795-797

  Feldman, Matthew F ^a   Khan, David A ^a   Brown, E Sherwood ^b   Bernstein, Jonathan A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMINOCAPROIC ACID; ANDROGEN; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CETIRIZINE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C1S INHIBITOR; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN; DANAZOL; DAPSONE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DOXEPIN; GONADORELIN AGONIST; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MONTELUKAST; OMALIZUMAB; PREDNISONE; RANITIDINE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE;

ADULT; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONVERSION DISORDER; DRUG MEGADOSE; FACTITIOUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NAUSEA; SCHOOL CHILD; SLURRED SPEECH; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; TONGUE SWELLING; TRACHEOSTOMY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ANGIOEDEMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; TONGUE DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOEDEMA; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TONGUE DISEASES;

EID: 84923260100     PISSN: 22132198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaip.2014.08.010     Document Type: Article

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