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AAP Grand Rounds 13:63-64 (2005)
© 2005 American Academy of Pediatrics

Which Children with Henoch Schoenlein Purpura Nephritis Will Develop Renal Damage?

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Henoch Schoenlein purpura (HSP) is the most common vasculitis of childhood.¹ Investigators from Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden studied how clinical findings at the onset of nephritis related to renal function and renal morphology later in the disease. Between 1978 and 2002, 73 children in a Swedish referral center were studied. Mean age at referral was 8.1 years. The patients were referred at various "stages" of nephritis and, on average, approximately 6 months after the onset of the condition. The patients were divided into 5 categories:

1. hematuria only
   
2. proteinuria and hematuria, no edema or hypertension
   
3. acute . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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				M. B. Aldous and A. L. Friedman HSP: Risk of Renal Damage & Follow-Up Recommendations AAP Grand Rounds, December 1, 2005; 14(6): 65 - 65. [Full Text] [PDF]