Henoch-Schönlein purpura in adults: a case series from a multidisciplinary study group

Henoch-Schönlein purpura in adults: a case series from a multidisciplinary study group

BACKGROUND: Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is a systemic vasculitis involving small vessels with the deposition of immune complexes containing IgA. It has been extensively studied in children, but in adults, its natural history is much less known. OBJECTIVES: to report a series of patients with HSP...

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Main Authors: Boris A. Cruz, Ana Lúcia V. Vaz de Melo, Mariana P. G. Ubirajara Silva, Alberto Kazuo Fuzikawa, Zaida J. Cabrera, Hélcio Antônio Tavares Filho, Felipe Fagioli, Carolina Rutkowski, Abrahão Salomão Filho, Austenir Maciel Coelho, Rejane Pinheiro Damasceno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia
Subjects:
púrpura de Henoch-Schönlein
vasculite sistêmica
adultos
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0482-50042006000600004&lng=en&tlng=en

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