[Observations on the immunological pathogenesis of the Schoenlein-Henoch disease. Diagnostic and therapeutic notes on 32 cases (author's transl)]. / Osservazioni sulla patogenesi immunologica della malattia di Schoenlein-Henoc. Considerazioni diagnostico - terapeutiche su 32 casi.

Diagnostic and therapeutic observations on 32 children affected by the Schoenlein Henoch disease are reported providing a contribution to the knowledge of the immunological pathogenetic mechanism of the disease. Platelets, fibrinogen, immunoglobulins, complement, immunocomplexes and fibrin degradation product in serum- and sometimes in urine- have been determined. Some data, as the increase of immunoglobulin A and fibrin degradation product, are typical of the involvement of an immunological mechanism. On the basis of these results, anticoagulant and anti-platelet aggregation drugs have been administered in combination with antiallergic and vascular protective drugs. In this manner, the coagulation mechanism, which is responsible for the enteric and renal intravascular alteration, is influenced.