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Recurrent post-infective Henoch-Schönlein syndrome: a genetic influence related to HLA B35?
The Journal of infection - 1 Sept 1992
Nathwani D, Laing R B, Smith C C, Edward N
Abstract excerpt
The clinical features, laboratory findings, infection stimuli and HLA phenotypes of five young adults with recurrent episodes of Henoch-Schönlein syndrome (HSS) are reported. We define recurrences as the reappearance of the characteristic purpuric rash and associated symptoms more than 8 weeks after the onset of the original episode of purpura. All patients had documented evidence of a bacterial or viral...
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