Successful treatment of a facial attack of angioedema with icatibant in a patient with idiopathic angioedema

Am J Emerg Med. 2013 Aug;31(8):1295.e5-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.04.024. Epub 2013 May 22.

Authors

Vincenzo Montinaro¹, Giuliana Loizzo, Anna Zito, Giuseppe Castellano, Loreto Gesualdo

Affiliation

¹ Division of Nephrology, Transplant and Dialysis and Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Hereditary Angioedema, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Consorziale Policlinico, University Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy. vincenzo.montinaro1@gmail.com

PMID: 23706583
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2013.04.024

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Angioedema / drug therapy*
Angioedema / pathology
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / therapeutic use*
Bradykinin / analogs & derivatives*
Bradykinin / therapeutic use
Face / pathology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged

Substances

Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
icatibant
Bradykinin