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. 2013 Mar;38(3):170-2.

ACE Inhibitor-Related Angioedema: Are Your Patients at Risk?

Michele B Kaufman

ACE Inhibitor-Related Angioedema: Are Your Patients at Risk?

Michele B Kaufman. P T. 2013 Mar.

Abstract

The author presents 4 case histories of patients who experienced angioedema after treatment with various ACE inhibitors in what some have called a "silent epidemic."

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