TY - JOUR
AU - Dillon, M. J.
AB - Pediatr Nephrol (2001) 16:460–462 © IPNA 2001 A CASE FOR DIAGNOSIS M.J. Dillon Henoch-Schönlein purpura with antiphospholipid antibodies following an influenza vaccination: commentary Keywords Henoch-Schönlein purpura · Influenza In spite of such findings the issue that frequently re- vaccine · Antiphospholipid antibody · Vasculitis mains uncertain is whether the development or the re- lapse of the vasculitic disorder is causally linked to the administered vaccine or is coincidental. In the report by Watanabe and Onda this matter remains unresolved, but The description by Drs. Watanabe and Onda of Henoch- circumstantially it is possible especially if one takes into Schönlein purpura (HSP) occurring in a 5-year-old boy account the literature on the subject. Against this, in the following the administration of inactivated influenza child reported, there were anti-influenza A antibodies vaccine is not unique [1–4]. There are also reports of present within 1 day of the immunization procedure, in- HSP following other immunization procedures [5–7] and dicating, as the authors recognized, that the child had non-HSP vasculitis seemingly precipitated or reactivated previously been infected with influenza A rather than after injection of influenza vaccine [8–17]. Furthermore, that these antibodies had developed with the vaccination a variety of other vaccines have 
TI - Henoch-Schönlein purpura with antiphospholipid antibodies following an influenza vaccination: commentary
JF - Pediatric Nephrology
DO - 10.1007/s004670100570
DA - 2001-05-02
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/henoch-sch-nlein-purpura-with-antiphospholipid-antibodies-following-an-901Pf21rsg
SP - 460
EP - 462
VL - 16
IS - 5
DP - DeepDyve
ER -