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Angioedema hereditario - Prevención

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Enfermedad de Quincke

Prevención:

La asesoría genética puede ser buena para los futuros padres con antecedentes familiares de angioedema hereditario.

Anticuerpos

Fecha de revisión: 5/1/2008
Versión en inglés revisada por:David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Stuart I. Henochowicz, MD, FACP, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Georgetown University Medical School. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc

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