Potter P, Peter J
Emeritus Professor of Allergology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
S Afr Med J. 2018 Mar 28;108(4):254-255. doi: 10.7196/SAMJ.2017.v108i4.12824.
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.
科瓦迪亚等人[1]在本期《南非医学杂志》上发表的关于南非西开普省一大群患有1型遗传性血管性水肿（HAE）患者的报告和描述，不仅首次证明了这种危及生命的疾病在非洲大陆的显著存在，还突出了在南非社会经济和医疗背景下诊断和管理方面的挑战。
