How not to be misled by disorders mimicking angioedema: A review of pseudoangioedema

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 163-170

  Andersen, Michelle Fog ^a   Longhurst, Hilary J ^d   Rasmussen, Eva Rye ^b   Bygum, Anette ^c  

^a ZEALAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angioedema; Differential diagnoses; Pseudoangioedema

Indexed keywords

ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; CAPILLARY LEAK SYNDROME; CLUSTER HEADACHE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRESS SYNDROME; FATALITY; GLEICH SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOCOMPLEMENTEMIC URTICARIAL VASCULITIS SYNDROME; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IDIOPATHIC EDEMA; MORBUS MORBIHAN; OROFACIAL GRANULOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOANGIOEDEMA; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANGIOEDEMA; META ANALYSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SKIN;

ANGIOEDEMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; SKIN;

EID: 84964199596     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: 14230097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000445835     Document Type: Review

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