Long-term treatment of hereditary angioedema with attenuated androgens : a survey of a 13-year experience
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
1991
Citazione:
Long-term treatment of hereditary angioedema with attenuated androgens : a survey of a 13-year experience / M. Cicardi, L. C. Bergamaschini, M. Cugno, E. Hack, G. Agostoni, A. Agostoni. - In: JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY. - ISSN 0091-6749. - 87:4(1991 Apr), pp. 768-773.
Abstract:
Fifty-six patients affected with hereditary angioedema have been followed during long-term prophylaxis with attenuated androgens. The treatment was started in patients who had one or more severe attacks per month. In 24 patients, the therapy lasted for more than 5 years. The minimal effective dose usually did not exceed 2 mg/day of stanozolol or 200 mg/day of danazol. Only in two patients were these doses not sufficient to achieve the complete disappearance of symptoms. Irregular menstruation, but rarely amenorrhea, was the only significant side effect. One patient had to stop the therapy because of laboratory signs of hepatic cell necrosis. In one patient, danazol was administered during the last 8 weeks of pregnancy without side effects for the mother but with transient signs of virilization for the female baby. To find a biochemical marker for the minimal effective dose of androgen derivatives, we measured the plasma levels of C1 C1 INH complexes at different doses of stanozolol in four patients with hereditary angioedema. We found that these complexes, elevated before treatment, promptly reverted to normal values during androgen therapy and remained normal with any reduction of the dose of the drug as long as the patient remained symptom free. Therefore, the measurement of C1 C1 INH complexes appears to reflect the activity of the disease and not the amount of androgen that is administered
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Angioedema ; complement C1 inactivator proteins ; dose-response relationship drug ; humans ; aged ; child ; child preschool ; complement C4 ; stanozolol ; antigens ; aged 80 and over ; danazol ; adult ; middle aged ; adolescent ; male ; female
Elenco autori:
M. Cicardi, L. C. Bergamaschini, M. Cugno, E. Hack, G. Agostoni, A. Agostoni
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