Skip to main content
PMC home page
Postgraduate Medical Journal logoLink to Postgraduate Medical Journal
editorial
. 1991 Nov;67(793):961–962. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.67.793.961

Dapsone in Henoch-Schönlein purpura--worth a trial.

B I Hoffbrand
PMCID: PMC2399133  PMID: 1775419

Full text

PDF
961

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Bernstein J. E., Lorincz A. L. Sulfonamides and sulfones in dermatologic therapy. Int J Dermatol. 1981 Mar;20(2):81–88. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-4362.1981.tb00406.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Chamouard P., Baumann R., Thomas G., Weill J. P. Intérêt de la dapsone dans le traitement des manifestations digestives du purpura rhumatoïde de l'adulte. Ann Med Interne (Paris) 1987;138(8):599–600. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Fortson J. S., Zone J. J., Hammond M. E., Groggel G. C. Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis syndrome responsive to dapsone. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1986 Nov;15(5 Pt 2):1137–1142. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(86)70282-x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Fredenberg M. F., Malkinson F. D. Sulfone therapy in the treatment of leukocytoclastic vasculitis. Report of three cases. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1987 Apr;16(4):772–778. doi: 10.1016/s0190-9622(87)70100-5. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Highet A. S. Urticarial vasculitis resembling systemic lupus erythematosus: efficacy of prednisone and dapsone combined. Br J Dermatol. 1980 Mar;102(3):358–360. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. KRUIZINGA E. E., HAMMINGA H. Treatment of dermatitis herpetiformis with diamino-diphenyl-sulphone (D.D.S.). Dermatologica. 1953;106(6):387–394. doi: 10.1159/000256874. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Katz S. I., Gallin J. I., Hertz K. C., Fauci A. S., Lawley T. J. Erythema elevatum diutinum: skin and systemic manifestations, immunologic studies, and successful treatment with dapsone. Medicine (Baltimore) 1977 Sep;56(5):443–455. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Knight J. F. The rheumatic poison: a survey of some published investigations of the immunopathogenesis of Henoch-Schönlein purpura. Pediatr Nephrol. 1990 Sep;4(5):533–541. doi: 10.1007/BF00869841. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Ledermann J. A., Hoffbrand B. I. Dapsone in allergic vasculitis: its use in Henoch-Schönlein disease following vaccination. J R Soc Med. 1983 Jul;76(7):613–614. doi: 10.1177/014107688307600717. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Martin W. J., 2nd, Kachel D. L. Reduction of neutrophil-mediated injury to pulmonary endothelial cells by dapsone. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1985 Apr;131(4):544–547. doi: 10.1164/arrd.1985.131.4.544. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Matthews C. N., Saihan E. M., Warin R. P. Urticaria-like lesions associated with systemic lupus erythematosus: response to dapsone. Br J Dermatol. 1978 Oct;99(4):455–457. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1978.tb06188.x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. Melsom R., Harboe M., Myrvang B., Godal T., Belehu A. Immunoglobulin class specific antibodies to M. leprae in leprosy patients, including the indeterminate group and healthy contacts as a step in the development of methods for sero-diagnosis of leprosy. Clin Exp Immunol. 1982 Feb;47(2):225–233. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Niwa Y., Sakane T., Miyachi Y. Dissociation of the inhibitory effect of dapsone on the generation of oxygen intermediates--in comparison with that of colchicine and various scavengers. Biochem Pharmacol. 1984 Aug 1;33(15):2355–2360. doi: 10.1016/0006-2952(84)90705-6. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. Ruzicka T., Wasserman S. I., Soter N. A., Printz M. P. Inhibition of rat mast cell arachidonic acid cyclooxygenase by dapsone. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1983 Oct;72(4):365–370. doi: 10.1016/0091-6749(83)90501-8. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. Smiley J. D., Moore S. E., Jr Immune-complex vasculitis: role of complement and IgG-Fc receptor functions. Am J Med Sci. 1989 Oct;298(4):267–277. doi: 10.1097/00000441-198910000-00012. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. Waldo F. B. Is Henoch-Schönlein purpura the systemic form of IgA nephropathy? Am J Kidney Dis. 1988 Nov;12(5):373–377. doi: 10.1016/s0272-6386(88)80028-3. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. Wells G. C. Allergic vasculitis(tri-symptom of Gougerot) treated with dapsone. Proc R Soc Med. 1969 Jul 7;62(7):665–666. [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Postgraduate Medical Journal are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES