WAO Guideline for the Management of Hereditary Angioedema

Timothy Craig, DO; Emel Aygören Pürsün, MD; Konrad Bork, MD; Tom Bowen, MD; Henrik Boysen; Henriette Farkas, MD PhD; Anete Grumach, MD PhD; Constance H. Katelaris, MB BS PhD; Richard Lockey, MD; Hilary Longhurst, MD; William Lumry, MD; Markus Magerl, MD; Immaculada Martinez-Saguer, MD PhD; Bruce Ritchie, MD; Alexander Nast, MD; Ruby Pawankar, MD PhD; Bruce Zuraw, MD; Marcus Maurer, MD

World Allergy Organization Journal (Jan 2012)

WAO Guideline for the Management of Hereditary Angioedema

Timothy Craig, DO,
Emel Aygören Pürsün, MD,
Konrad Bork, MD,
Tom Bowen, MD,
Henrik Boysen,
Henriette Farkas, MD PhD,
Anete Grumach, MD PhD,
Constance H. Katelaris, MB BS PhD,
Richard Lockey, MD,
Hilary Longhurst, MD,
William Lumry, MD,
Markus Magerl, MD,
Immaculada Martinez-Saguer, MD PhD,
Bruce Ritchie, MD,
Alexander Nast, MD,
Ruby Pawankar, MD PhD,
Bruce Zuraw, MD,
Marcus Maurer, MD

Affiliations

Timothy Craig, DO: Department of Medicine, Pediatrics and Graduate Studies, Penn State University, Hershey, PA;
Emel Aygören Pürsün, MD: Center for Pediatric and Juvenile Medicine, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt/(Main), Germany;
Konrad Bork, MD: Department of Dermatology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany;
Tom Bowen, MD: Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada;
Henrik Boysen: HAEi, Orsay, France;
Henriette Farkas, MD PhD: 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary;
Anete Grumach, MD PhD: Outpatient Group of Recurrent Infections and Laboratory of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine ABC; Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil;
Constance H. Katelaris, MB BS PhD: Department of Medicine, Campbelltown Hospital, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia;
Richard Lockey, MD: Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Associates of Tampa Bay, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL;
Hilary Longhurst, MD: Department of Immunology, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom;
William Lumry, MD: Allergy and Asthma Specialists, Dallas, TX;
Markus Magerl, MD: Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Allergie-Centrum-Charité, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany;
Immaculada Martinez-Saguer, MD PhD: Center for Pediatric and Juvenile Medicine, J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt/(Main), Germany;
Bruce Ritchie, MD: Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada;
Alexander Nast, MD: Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Allergie-Centrum-Charité, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany;
Ruby Pawankar, MD PhD: Division of Allergy, Dept. of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan;
Bruce Zuraw, MD: President WAO, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego and San Diego VA Healthcare.
Marcus Maurer, MD: Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Allergie-Centrum-Charité, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany;; Corresponding author.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 12
pp. 182 – 199

Abstract

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Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) is a rare disease and for this reason proper diagnosis and appropriate therapy are often unknown or not available for physicians and other health care providers. For this reason we convened a group of specialists that focus upon HAE from around the world to develop not only a consensus on diagnosis and management of HAE, but to also provide evidence based grades, strength of evidence and classification for the consensus. Since both consensus and evidence grading were adhered to the document meets criteria as a guideline. The outcome of the guideline is to improve diagnosis and management of patients with HAE throughout the world and to help initiate uniform care and availability of therapies to all with the diagnosis no matter where the residence of the individual with HAE exists. Keywords: Hereditary Angioedema, Guidelines, HAE, therapy, management, diagnosis, medications, international

Published in World Allergy Organization Journal

ISSN: 1939-4551 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Immunologic diseases. Allergy
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