Hereditary angioedema: Assessing the hypothesis for underlying autonomic dysfunction.

Attacks of Hereditary Angioedema due to C1-inhibitor deficiency (C1-INH-HAE)are often triggered by stressful events/hormonal changes.Our study evaluates the relationship between autonomic nervous system (ANS) and contact/complement system activation.Twenty-three HAE patients (6 males, mean age 47.5±...

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Main Authors: Maddalena A Wu, Francesco Casella, Francesca Perego, Chiara Suffritti, Nada Afifi Afifi, Eleonora Tobaldini, Andrea Zanichelli, Chiara Cogliati, Nicola Montano, Marco Cicardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5673184?pdf=render