Weiss and colleagues comment that no consensus yet exists on whether steroids can help in treating symptoms or preventing complications of Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP), the most common vasculitis ...

Is there any new information available regarding the treatment of Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP)? —Norma L. Sneed, MD, Checotah, Okla. HSP is a form of systemic small-vessel vasculitis characterized ...

The woman had idiopathic leukocytoclastic vasculitis (LCV), a clinicopathologic entity affecting the small vessels of the skin. It is also known as “hypersensitivity vasculitis,” “allergic vasculitis, ...

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