Schönlein-henoch syndrome in patients with familial mediterranean fever

✍ Scribed by Edith Flatau; David Kohn; Dan Schiller; Miriam Lurie; Emanuel Levy

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 529 KB
• Volume: 25
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0004-3591
• DOI: 10.1002/art.1780250107

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Ten episodes of Schönlein‐Henoch purpura (SHP) in 8 patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) were observed. Five episodes developed 3–14 days after penicillin injections, suggesting an etiologic association. FMF and SHP have clear clinical similarities, and if the frequency of association of the 2 diseases is indeed high, perhaps a common etiologic factor should be sought. An immune complex mechanism might be the link between these 2 disease entities.