Life-threatening or organ-impairing Henoch-Schönlein purpura: Plasmapheresis may save lives and limit organ damage

Dermatology

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-170

  Donghi, Davide ^a   Schanz, Urs ^b   Sahrbacher, Ulrike ^b   Recher, Mike ^b   Trüeb, Ralph M ^a   Müllhaupt, Beat ^b   French, Lars E ^a   Hafner, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Henoch Sch nlein purpura; Immunosuppression; Leg ulcers, extensive; Pancolitis; Plasmapheresis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARAPROTEIN; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA; ANKLE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BED REST; CASE REPORT; COLON MUCOSA; COLONOSCOPY; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; DUODENITIS; ELBOW; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATURIA; HEMORRHAGIC COLITIS; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; ILEITIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTESTINAL BLEEDING; JOINT SWELLING; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; KNEE; LEG ULCER; LEUKOCYTOCLASTIC VASCULITIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; MELENA; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN ULCER; THROAT CULTURE; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS; VASCULITIS; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING; WRIST;

ADULT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; PLASMAPHERESIS; PURPURA, SCHOENLEIN-HENOCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 69349092670     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000223237     Document Type: Article

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