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Hereditary angioedema and immunoglobulin A deficiency in pregnancy
M Peters1, D Ryley, C Lockwood
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tufts University School of Medicine, St. Margaret's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
Obstetrics and Gynecology
|September 1, 1988
Abstract:
Hereditary angioedema is a rare immunologic disorder, and immunoglobulin A deficiency is the most common isolated immunodeficiency. These rarely coexisting conditions may affect pregnancy. We report a gravida with the combination who developed severe acute laryngeal edema.