Low serum C3, leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia: Unusual features of Henoch-Schonlein purpura

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 906-909

  Krause, I ^a   Garty, B Z ^a   Davidovits, M ^a   Cleper, R ^a   Tamary, H ^a   Rosenmann, E ^a   Eisenstein, B ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

C3; Henoch Schonlein purpura; Hypocomplementemia; Nephritis

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DIPYRIDAMOLE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOGENESIS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; COMPLEMENT C3C; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH; RENAL DIALYSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0032822644     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310051239     Document Type: Article

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