G. BELUFFI

A 5.5-year-old boy with Schönlein-Henoch purpura presented flank pain, macroscopic haematuria and voiding of blood clots. Radiologic examination showed a stenosing ureteritis. Treatment with prednisone was accompanied by resolution of the urologic manifestations. Ureteritis is a potentially serious complication of Schönlein-Henoch purpura and...

A 10-month-old female presented with anuria due to bilateral cystine urolithiasis. Although bilateral obstruction of the ureters by calculi is very rare in children, it may be the presenting feature of cystinuria even in the first year of life.

We investigated the rate of radiologic progression, as measured by carpal length, in 26 children with juvenile chronic arthritis who were treated with methotrexate. After 2 years of treatment, the carpal length was significantly more deteriorated in nonresponders in both the "better" wrist (P = .001) and the "worse" wrist (P = .005). These...

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