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- noun pathology Swelling of the lower layers of the skin, often around the mouth, or of the mucosa or submucosa of the mouth or throat which can appear quickly in response to an
allergen or due to other conditions
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- noun recurrent large circumscribed areas of subcutaneous edema; onset is sudden and it disappears within 24 hours; seen mainly in young women, often as an allergic reaction to food or drugs
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Examples
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While hives develop on the skin's surface, angioedema is a swelling of the deeper layers of the skin.
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Yes, certainly, perhaps in brief because I think the science here has a number of complexities, but suffice to say the contact inhibition pathway and the centrality of kallikrein driving both bradykinen mechanisms primary which result in the edema and vascular shift so that where you have the surgical indications, but the role of the kallikrein bradykinen pathway has been very well established no just in HAE but also in other conditions such as acquired angioedema, which is due to the acquired as opposed to inherited deficiency of C1 inhibitor and so that is a very natural place to go.
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Yes, certainly, perhaps in brief because I think the science here has a number of complexities, but suffice to say the contact inhibition pathway and the centrality of kallikrein driving both bradykinen mechanisms primary which result in the edema and vascular shift so that where you have the surgical indications, but the role of the kallikrein bradykinen pathway has been very well established no just in HAE but also in other conditions such as acquired angioedema, which is due to the acquired as opposed to inherited deficiency of C1 inhibitor and so that is a very natural place to go.
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Yes, certainly, perhaps in brief because I think the science here has a number of complexities, but suffice to say the contact inhibition pathway and the centrality of kallikrein driving both bradykinen mechanisms primary which result in the edema and vascular shift so that where you have the surgical indications, but the role of the kallikrein bradykinen pathway has been very well established no just in HAE but also in other conditions such as acquired angioedema, which is due to the acquired as opposed to inherited deficiency of C1 inhibitor and so that is a very natural place to go.
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We started IVs and gave him all the standard "angioedema" medications.
WhiteCoat Rants 2008
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We started IVs and gave him all the standard "angioedema" medications.
WhiteCoat Rants 2008
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We started IVs and gave him all the standard "angioedema" medications.
WhiteCoat Rants 2008
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Cinryze was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2008 to treat hereditary angioedema, or HAE, a rare genetic disease involving potentially deadly swelling of various parts of the body.
FDA Rejects Expansion Of ViroPharma Drug Peter Loftus 2010
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Allergic skin disorders (e.g., eczema or atopic dermatitis, hives or urticaria and angioedema)
Allergy 2010
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Red Dye Number 2 is a tar-based product known to cause constriction of the bronchial tubes, angioedema (swelling) and hives.
Leisa Naples: Keep Dyes, Preservatives and Sugar at Bay: A Scrumpious Recipe to Show You the Way 2010
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