Abstract
We encountered an adult patient with Henoch-Schönlein purpura. He had been infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and antiretroviral therapy improved his nephritis, indicating that HIV infection might have contributed to the development of Henoch-Schönlein purpura in our case.
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Sugimoto, T., Tsuda, A., Kito, K. et al. Henoch-Schönlein purpura in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Rheumatol Int 28, 615–616 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-007-0492-5
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