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#[[IgA nephropathy]].
#[[IgA nephropathy]].
#[[Leukocytoclastic vasculitis]].<ref name=pmid9713395>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kraft | first1 = DM. | last2 = Mckee | first2 = D. | last3 = Scott | first3 = C. | title = Henoch-Schönlein purpura: a review. | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 58 | issue = 2 | pages = 405-8, 411 | month = Aug | year = 1998 | doi =  | PMID = 9713395 }}</ref>
#[[Leukocytoclastic vasculitis]].<ref name=pmid9713395>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Kraft | first1 = DM. | last2 = Mckee | first2 = D. | last3 = Scott | first3 = C. | title = Henoch-Schönlein purpura: a review. | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 58 | issue = 2 | pages = 405-8, 411 | month = Aug | year = 1998 | doi =  | PMID = 9713395 }}</ref>
==Clinical features==
Mnemonic ''NAPA'':<ref>URL: [http://www.medicalmnemonics.com/cgi-bin/return_browse.cfm?browse=1&discipline=Rheumatology%20%2F%20Allergy http://www.medicalmnemonics.com/cgi-bin/return_browse.cfm?browse=1&discipline=Rheumatology%20%2F%20Allergy]. Accessed on: 29 April 2012.</ref>
*'''N'''ephritis.
*'''A'''rthralgia/[[arthritis]].
*'''P'''alpable purpura.
*'''A'''bdominal pain.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 02:45, 30 April 2012

Henoch-Schönlein purpura, abbreviated HSP, a disease that afflicts children.

Pathologically, it can be thought of as the combination of:

  1. IgA nephropathy.
  2. Leukocytoclastic vasculitis.[1]

Clinical features

Mnemonic NAPA:[2]

  • Nephritis.
  • Arthralgia/arthritis.
  • Palpable purpura.
  • Abdominal pain.

See also

References

  1. Kraft, DM.; Mckee, D.; Scott, C. (Aug 1998). "Henoch-Schönlein purpura: a review.". Am Fam Physician 58 (2): 405-8, 411. PMID 9713395.
  2. URL: http://www.medicalmnemonics.com/cgi-bin/return_browse.cfm?browse=1&discipline=Rheumatology%20%2F%20Allergy. Accessed on: 29 April 2012.