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Editorial
. 2018 Mar 28;108(4):254-255.
doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2017.v108i4.12824.

Life-threatening hereditary angio-oedema: Challenges of care in South Africa

P Potter  1 , J Peter
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Life-threatening hereditary angio-oedema: Challenges of care in South Africa

P Potter et al. S Afr Med J. .

Abstract

The report and description by Coovadia et al.[1] in this issue of SAMJ of a large cohort of patients in the Western Cape Province of South Africa (SA) suffering from type 1 hereditary angio-oedema (HAE) not only documents for the first time a significant presence of this life-threatening condition on the African continent but highlights the challenges of diagnosis and management in the SA socioeconomic and healthcare context.

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