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Intravenous immunoglobulin in Henoch-Schönlein purpura: a case study
F J Heldrich1, S Minkin, C L Gatdula
1Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
Maryland Medical Journal (Baltimore, Md. : 1985)
|June 1, 1993
Abstract:
A five-year-old girl with severe abdominal pain secondary to Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) was given steroid therapy. Symptoms continued to recur. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVGG) use was followed by cessation of symptoms. Further studies with IVGG in HSP are warranted.