Diseases

IgA Vasculitis

A systemic non-thrombocytopenic purpura caused by HYPERSENSITIVITY VASCULITIS and deposition of IGA-containing IMMUNE COMPLEXES within the blood vessels throughout the body, including those in the kidney (KIDNEY GLOMERULUS). Clinical symptoms include URTICARIA; ERYTHEMA; ARTHRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; and renal involvement. Most cases are seen in children after acute upper respiratory infections.

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Abstract

A systemic non-thrombocytopenic purpura caused by HYPERSENSITIVITY VASCULITIS and deposition of IGA-containing IMMUNE COMPLEXES within the blood vessels throughout the body, including those in the kidney (KIDNEY GLOMERULUS). Clinical symptoms include URTICARIA; ERYTHEMA; ARTHRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; and renal involvement. Most cases are seen in children after acute upper respiratory infections.

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41 entry terms
  • Allergic Purpura
  • Anaphylactoid Purpura
  • Henoch Purpura
  • Henoch Schonlein Purpura
  • Henoch-Schoenlein Purpura
  • Henoch-Schonlein Purpura
  • Purpura, Schoenlein-Henoch
  • Purpura, Schonlein-Henoch
  • Schoenlein-Henoch Purpura
  • Henoch Schoenlein Purpura
  • Henoch Schonlein Purpuras
  • Henoch-Schonlein Purpuras
  • Purpura, Allergic
  • Purpura, Anaphylactoid
  • Purpura, Henoch
  • Purpura, Henoch Schonlein
  • Purpura, Henoch-Schoenlein
  • Purpura, Henoch-Schonlein
  • Purpura, Schoenlein Henoch
  • Purpura, Schonlein Henoch
  • Purpuras, Henoch Schonlein
  • Purpuras, Henoch-Schonlein
  • Purpuras, Schonlein-Henoch
  • Schoenlein Henoch Purpura
  • Schonlein Purpura, Henoch
  • Schonlein Purpuras, Henoch
  • Schonlein-Henoch Purpura
  • Schonlein-Henoch Purpuras
  • Vasculitis, IgA
  • Purpura Hemorrhagica
  • Purpura, Nonthrombocytopenic
  • Purpura, Nonthrombopenic
  • Rheumatoid Purpura
  • Vasculitis, Hemorrhagic
  • Hemorrhagic Vasculitis
  • Hemorrhagica, Purpura
  • Nonthrombocytopenic Purpura
  • Nonthrombopenic Purpura
  • Nonthrombopenic Purpuras
  • Purpura, Rheumatoid
  • Purpuras, Nonthrombopenic

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

nonthrombopenic: thrombopenic = PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC

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History Note

2022(1975)

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Previous Indexing

  • Purpura (1966-1974)

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  1. C14w.907w.940w.777w
  2. C15.378w.100w.802w.375w
  3. C15.378w.463w.515.580w
  4. C17.800w.862.329w
  5. C20w.543w.520w.600w
  6. C23.550.414w.950w.375w
  7. C23.888w.885.687w.375w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. IgA Vasculitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011695. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011695
  2. IgA Vasculitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henoch%E2%80%93Sch%C3%B6nlein_purpura
  3. IgA Vasculitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1035319