Should we follow up children with Henoch-Schönlein syndrome?
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We reviewed 31 children who had had Henoch-Schönlein syndrome without nephritis at least 5 years before. None was found to have progressive renal disease and these patients do not require the same long-term follow-up as those with clinical renal involvement.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Archives of disease in childhood
دوره 54 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1979