Renal manifestations of Henoch-Schonlein purpura in a 6-month prospective study of 223 children

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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

The authors recommend weekly home urine dipstick analyses for the first 2 months for patients with HSP. Patients with nephritis should be followed up for more than 6 months as well as the patients with HSP recurrence.

Topics & Keywords

Vasculitis and related conditions Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrotoxicity and Medicinal Plants

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volume 95, Issue 11, pp. 877-882

DOI: 10.1136/adc.2009.182394

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