Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2715440 | The American Journal of Medicine | 2013 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Women with recurrent angioedema unresponsive to antihistamines may have idiopathic angioedema or, more rarely, hereditary angioedema with F12 mutations. Both conditions may be provoked or aggravated by exogenous estrogens. In idiopathic angioedema, treatment with progestins may be helpful.
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Authors
Konrad MD, Karin PhD, Günther PhD, Christian MD, Peter MD, Jochen PhD,