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Gastrointestinal Henoch-Schönlein purpura successfully treated with Mycophenolate Mofetil: Description of 2 case reports.

Maria Francesca GicchinoDario IafuscoMaria Maddalena MarrapodiRosa MeloneGiovanna CuomoAngela ZanfardinoEmanuele Miraglia Del GiudiceAlma Nunzia Olivieri
Published in: Medicine (2021)
In our cases of HSP with gastrointestinal involvement Mycophenolate Mofetil treatment has been very effective. This experience teaches us that immunosuppressive agents may be very useful to induce and maintain remission not only in renal involvement, but in all cases of persistent, recurrent, or complicated Henoch Schönlein Purpura in children.
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