Clinical course of extrarenal symptoms in Henoch-Schonlein purpura: a 6-month prospective study

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Authors

Outi Jauhola · Oulu University Hospital

Jukka Ronkainen

Olli Koskimies · University of Helsinki

M Ala-Houhala · Tampere University Hospital

Pekka Arikoski · Kuopio University Hospital

Teemu Hölttä · University of Helsinki

Timo Jahnukainen · University of Helsinki

Abstract

Serum albumin is often low in HSP patients without proteinuria, due to protein loss via the intestine. Although corticosteroids alleviate the symptoms, they seem not to alter the clinical course of HSP during 6 months of follow-up.

Topics & Keywords

Vasculitis and related conditions Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volume 95, Issue 11, pp. 871-876

DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.167874

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