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Cardiac manifestations of Henoch-Schoenlein purpura: IgA mediated vasculitis or Rheumatic fever?

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  1. The Institute of Kidney Disease, Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

    Jae Il Shin, Ji Hong Kim, Jae Seung Lee, Dong Soo Kim, Jae Young Choi & Jun Hui Sul

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 134 Shinchon-Dong, Seodaemun-Ku, 120-752, C.P.O. Box 8044, Seoul, South Korea

    Jae Seung Lee

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Comment on: A case of Henoch-Schonlein purpura and rheumatic carditis with complete atrioventricular block. (Eur J Pediatr. 2006 Jun;165(6):395–7.)

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Shin, J.I., Kim, J.H., Lee, J.S. et al. Cardiac manifestations of Henoch-Schoenlein purpura: IgA mediated vasculitis or Rheumatic fever?. Eur J Pediatr 166, 627 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-006-0273-2

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