Epidemiology of biopsy-proven Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis in children: A nationwide survey in Japan.

<h4>Background</h4>Little is known about the epidemiology of Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis (HSPN).<h4>Methods</h4>We conducted a nationwide epidemiological survey of Japanese children aged 1 to 15 years with HSPN. Children who were newly diagnosed with HSPN by biopsy bet...

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Main Authors: Chikako Terano, Riku Hamada, Ichiro Tatsuno, Yuko Hamasaki, Yoshinori Araki, Yoshimitsu Gotoh, Koichi Nakanishi, Hitoshi Nakazato, Takeshi Matsuyama, Kazumoto Iijima, Norishige Yoshikawa, Tetsuji Kaneko, Shuichi Ito, Masataka Honda, Kenji Ishikura, Japanese Study Group of Renal Disease in Children
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270796