Henoch-Schonlein purpura/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Henoch-Schonlein purpura.

A vasculitis and immune complex disease, which manifests as "systemic non-thrombocytopenic purpura caused by hypersensitivity vasculitis and deposition of immunoglobulin A-containing immune complexes within the blood vessels throughout the body, including those in the kidney (kidney glomerulus).

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2023), Henoch-Schonlein purpura (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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