A systemic non-thrombocytopenic purpura caused by HYPERSENSITIVITY VASCULITIS and deposition of IGA-containing IMMUNE COMPLEXES within the blood vessels throughout the body, including those in the kidney (KIDNEY GLOMERULUS). Clinical symptoms include URTICARIA; ERYTHEMA; ARTHRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; and renal involvement. Most cases are seen in children after acute upper respiratory infections.
    

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Eduard Henoch (1820-1910) : a German medical doctor advances paediatrics and helps to distinguish Henoch-Schönlein purpura / Udo Benzenhöfer.

Purpura fulminans / by J.D. Rolleston and T. McCririck.

Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen uber die Aetiologie und die Kenntniss der Purpura Haemorrhagica (morbus maculosus Werlhofi) / von Ludwig Letzerich.

Case of purpura haemorrhagica / by Ebenezer Gairdner.

Étude sur la purpura rhumatoide névropathique / par Gilbert Gaumé.

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Eduard Henoch (1820-1910) : a German medical doctor advances paediatrics and helps to distinguish Henoch-Schönlein purpura / Udo Benzenhöfer.

Purpura fulminans / by J.D. Rolleston and T. McCririck.

Untersuchungen und Beobachtungen uber die Aetiologie und die Kenntniss der Purpura Haemorrhagica (morbus maculosus Werlhofi) / von Ludwig Letzerich.

Case of purpura haemorrhagica / by Ebenezer Gairdner.

Étude sur la purpura rhumatoide névropathique / par Gilbert Gaumé.