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Ozgur A, Cemil K, Miray O, Gülsüm K, Mehmet Ali C, Fevzi Y. HEREDITARY ANGIOEDEMA. J Emerg Health Care 2013; 2 (2)
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HEREDITARY ANGIOEDEMA
Aslan Ozgur * , Kavalci Cemil , Ozlem Miray , Kavalci Gülsüm , Ceyhan Mehmet Ali , Yilmaz Fevzi
Numune Training and Research Hospital, Emergency department, Ankara/Turkey
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Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a extremely rare disease, which is caused by deficiency or dysfunction of C1-esterase inhibitor. A 28 year old woman presented to emergency department with edema at face, eyes and around the mouth and tongue. Antihistaminic and corticosteroid were given again after monitorization of the patient. Fresh frozen plasma was given at a dose of 10 ml/kg. She was discharged after resolution of complaints during the follow-up period.
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