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Clinical signs and features include:
Besides dermatologic symptoms, patients most often present with gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, arthritis, and nephropathy
Much more common in children (50 % of cases in patients < 5 years old, 75 % of cases in patients <10 years old)
Adults more likely to have more severe disease, although symptoms are still most often self limited, resolving in about 4 weeks
Initially cutaneous manifestation is erythematous maculopapular rash with wheal-like spots
In 1–2 days characteristic nonblanching, palpable purpura develops usually starting symmetrically on the legs and buttock as lesions no larger than 1 cm in diameter
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Zakko, L., Finch, J., Rothe, M.J., Grant-Kels, J.M. (2013). Henoch–Schönlein Purpura: Dermatological Features. In: Wu, G., Selsky, N., Grant-Kels, J. (eds) Atlas of Dermatological Manifestations of Gastrointestinal Disease. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6191-3_26
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