The purpuras of Henoch and Schonlein have usually been described together under the term ' anaphylactoid purpura." It is only in recent times, however, that papers on their pathology have appeared in which a definite lesion, which is common to both conditions, is described. This consists of an arteriolitis which, in severe cases, is necrotizing. It is now reasonably well established that the Sc...

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The T cell immunoglobulin- and mucin domain-containing molecules (Tim) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of immune diseases. In this study, we used quantitative real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction to examine the Tim 1 mRNA expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from Henoch Schonlein purpura patients. The results showed that Tim1 mRNA expression was signifi...

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura is an infrequent yet well-recognized complication of viral infections, such as mumps, rubella, varicella, cytomegalovirus, parvovirus and infectious monunucleosis by Epstein-Barr virus. Some recent studies have described a possible association between Henoch-Schonlein purpura, a non-thrombocytopenic purpura, and seropositivity for Bartonella henselae, but in the ...

Helicobacter pylori is probably the commonest bacterial infection worldwide and is now accepted as the cause of gastritis, peptic ulcer, gastric carcinoma, and gastric lymphoma. In the last few years, besides the local gasteroduodenal tissue damage, an association between H.pylori and various extra-intestinal pathologies had been described. Recent studies have suggested that H.pylori infection ...