British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 394-396 , July 2008

Emergency management of upper airway angio-oedema after routine dental extraction in a patient with C1 esterase deficiency

  • S. Rice

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, First Floor John Harrison House, Phillpott St, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, E1 1BB, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 207 377 7000/7956 637398; fax: +44 207 377 7095.
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  • T.J. Cochrane
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  • M. Millwaters
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  • N.T. Ali

,Accepted 6 September 2007.

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PII: S0266-4356(07)00469-X

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2007.09.010

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 5 , Pages 394-396 , July 2008

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