Epidemiology of Non-hereditary Angioedema
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Epidemiology of non-hereditary angioedema.
The prevalence of non-hereditary angioedema was investigated in a general population sample (n = 7,931) and in a sample of Danish patients (n = 7,433) tested for deficiency of functional complement C(1) esterase inhibitor protein (functional C(1) INH). The general population sample (44% response rate) reported a lifetime prevalence of 7.4% for angioedema. In both groups symptoms were most frequ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Dermato Venereologica
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0001-5555
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1389