Angioneurotic Edema
Research findings from Food & Drug Administration update understanding of angioneurotic edema in children
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, September 30th, 2007
Data detailed in "Clinical profile of oxcarbazepine-related angioneurotic edema: case report and review" have been presented. "Oxcarbazepine, a carbamazepine analog, was approved for use as an antiepileptic agent in the United States in 2000. A search of the United States Food and Drug Administration's Adverse Event Reporting System identified nine cases of oxcarbazepine-associated angioedema in pediatric patients aged 16 years and younger," scientists in the United States report.
"We describe in detail the first U.S. case report, of a 4(1/2)-year-old boy who experienced angioedema during treatment with oxcarbazepine. The reporting rate for angioedema was calculated to...
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