1. Pancreatitis aguda asociada a angioedema hereditario
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Antonio Ruiz Serrato, David Marín García, Angel Ceballos Torres, and Miguel Ángel García Ordóñez
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Abdominal pain ,Hepatology ,biology ,Angioedema ,business.industry ,Gastroenterology ,Helicobacter pylori ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,C1-inhibitor ,Surgery ,Acido tranexamico ,Internal medicine ,Edema ,Hereditary angioedema ,medicine ,biology.protein ,Pancreatitis ,medicine.symptom ,business - Abstract
Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is an infrequent, recurrent, and potentially lethal disorder caused by a deficiency of C(1) inhibitor or its activity. Abdominal pain secondary to bowel edema is common in these patients. However, a thorough literature search yielded only six previously reported cases of pancreatitis associated with this entity.
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- 2010
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