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beta-tryptase in serum

Indications: - angioneurotic edema (within 4 hours) - anaphylaxis - mastocytosis Reference interval: - < 11.4 ng/mL [2] Clinical significance: - elevation of serum beta-tryptase is a specific marker of mast cell activation - not elevated in hereditary angioedema Increases: - angioneurotic edema (within 4 hours) - anaphylaxis - mastocytosis

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angioneurotic edema; angioedema; atrophedema; Bannister's disease; Milton's disease; Quincke's disease; periodic or Quincke's edema; giant urticaria or hives; urticaria gigans, gigantea, or tuberosa. beta tryptase (trypase-beta)

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tryptase in serum

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  1. UpToDate 13.3 http://www.utdol.com
  2. NEJM Knowledge+ Question of the Week. Jan 20, 2014