Hereditary angioedema (HAE) in Belgium: results from a national survey
peer reviewed ; BACKGROUND: Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare heritable disorder that is characterized by recurrent, circumscribed, nonpitting, nonpruritic, often painful subepithelial swellings of sudden unpredictable onset that generally fade during 48-72 h. Epidemiological data of hereditary angioedema patients in Belgium is lacking. METHODS: We set up a nation-wide, multicentric study involving the 8 Belgian hospitals known to follow-up patients with Type I and II HAE. All Belgium HAE patients were asked to fill out questionnaires that mainly covered demographic data, family history, a... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | journal article |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
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Schlagwörter: | Belgium / diagnosis / epidemiology / hereditary angioedema / nationwide / rare disease / Immunology and Allergy / Infectious Diseases / Microbiology (medical) / Immunology / Human health sciences / Immunology & infectious disease / Sciences de la santé humaine / Immunologie & maladie infectieuse |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26593302 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/308158 |