Treatment of skin swellings with C1-inhibitor concentrate in patients with hereditary angio-oedema

PubMed, the Internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting article, entitled Treatment of skin swellings with C1-inhibitor concentrate in patients with hereditary angio-oedema (Allergy. 2008 Jun;63(6):751-7.). Authors are Bork K, Staubach P Hardt J. et al., from the Department of Dermatology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. Skin swellings are the most frequent symptoms in hereditary angio-oedema (HAE) arising out of C1-inhibitor (C1-INH) deficiency. They may be painful and impact daily activities of patients. Detailed clinical data concerning the treatment of skin swellings by C1-INH concentrate have not been reported yet. The C1-INH concentrate has proven to be highly effective and safe for treating skin swellings in patients with HAE arising out of C1-INH deficiency. To access the full abstract of the article, click here.