Oral Plasma Kallikrein Inhibitor for Prophylaxis in Hereditary Angioedema

Emel Aygören-Pürsün1, Anette Bygum1, Vesna Grivcheva-Panovska1

  • 1From the Division of Hematology, Oncology, and Hemostaseology, Department of Children and Adolescents, Angioedema Center, University Hospital Frankfurt (E.A.-P.), and the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology, Translational Medicine and Pharmacology (J. Graff), Frankfurt, the Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin (M. Magerl, M. Maurer), and the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm (J. Greve) - all in Germany; the Department of Dermatology and Allergy Center, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark (A.B.); Public Health Institution University Clinic of Dermatology, School of Medicine, University Sts. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, Macedonia (V.G.-P.); the Department of Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (U.C.S.); Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris Hôpital Saint Antoine, Sorbonne Université, Paris (O.F.), and the Department of Dermatology, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier (A.D.-T.) - both in France; the Allergy and Immunology West Midlands, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham (A.H.), Barts Health NHS Trust-Royal London Hospital, London (H.J.L.), the National Institute for Health Research Southampton Clinical Research Facility, Southampton (W.R.), and the North Bristol NHS Trust, Southmead Hospital, Bristol (M. Gompels) - all in the United Kingdom; the Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (T.K.), and the Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical University of Graz, Graz (W.A.) - both in Austria; the Hungarian Angioedema Reference Center, 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary (H.F.); the Allergology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Bellvitge de L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (R.L.) and Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (M. Guilarte), Barcelona, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Biomedical Research Network on Rare Diseases (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras)-Unit 761, Institute for Health Research, Gregorio Marañon, Madrid (M.L.B.), and Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Seville (T.G.-Q.) - all in Spain; the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, University of Salerno, Salerno (M.T.), the Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua (M. Cancian), and Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Fatebenefratelli Sacco-Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan (A.Z., M. Cicardi) - all in Italy; the Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, SA (W.B.S.), and Campbelltown Hospital, Immunology and Allergy, Western Sydney University, Sydney (C.K.) - both in Australia; and BioCryst Pharmaceuticals (S.D., M. Cornpropst, D.C., P.C., W.S.) and PharStat (L.F.) - both in Durham, NC.

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