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Filter by:The unpredictable nature of the attacks is one of the essential characteristics of bradykinin angioedema. The two main difficulties for physicians managing a patient with bradykinin angioedema are to make the diagnosis and anticipate the severity. Biomarkers can be used to diagnose, guide treatment, or predict the severity of a disease. However, the identification of biomarkers is currently difficult in bradykinin both for diagnosis and prognosis. While measurement of C4 and C1 inhibitor (quantitative and functional assays) allows the diagnosis of bradykinin angioedema due to C1 inhibitor deficiency, whether genetic or acquired, many patients with normal C1 inhibitor bradykinin angioedema, either hereditary or acquired, are still difficult to diagnose. For patients with hereditary angioedema with C1-inhibitor deficiency, there is no biomarker currently available to predict the severity. Any biomarker that could improve the diagnosis on the one hand, and improve the prediction of the frequency and severity of the response to treatment on the other hand, would obviously be extremely useful. The aim of our study is to assess the existence possible biomarkers for diagnosis and prognosis of bradykinin angioedema.
Angioedema is a common condition, with multiple etiologies. Type 3 angioedema is caused by an increase in kininogenase activity responsible for an increased production of bradykinin. In some cases, it may be associated with clotting factor 12 mutations. However, other genetic abnormalities remain to be identified. Clinically, this angioedema type 3 is similar to types 1 and 2. The patient's vital prognosis is good if the diagnosis is made and if they have access to the appropriate treatment. Otherwise a significant morbidity is associated with it, hence the importance of being able to define a diagnostic marker. Videocapillaroscopy might be able to highlight abnormalities in the microcirculation of patients with a clinical display of angioedema. The purpose of this study is to highlight markers allowing to make an early diagnosis of angioedema. Functional analysis of factor XII in patients with symptoms of angioedema may be an interesting marker for diagnosis. Microcirculation abnormalities will also be evaluated by videocapillaroscopy, which may be another indicator of the disease.
International, multicenter, observational, longitudinal monitoring study to identify, validate and/or monitor Mass Spectrometry (MS)-based biomarker/s for Hereditary Angioedeme (HAE) disease and to test the clinical robustness, specificity, and predictive value of theese biomarker/s