Table 1.

Six patients with Henoch-Schönlein purpura treated with azathioprine

	Demographics	Clinical manifestations	Duration of disease prior to starting azathioprine	Azathioprine dose and duration	Glucocorticoid dose and duration	Length of remission off all medication
Patient 1	7 y/o female	Rash, abdominal pain	5 weeks	1 mg/kg/day for 11 months	Discharged on methylprednisolone 1 mg/kg/day tapered over 6 weeks (total of 9 weeks including 3 weeks of inpatient treatment)	15 months
Patient 2	11 y/o female	Rash, arthralgias, abdominal pain	7 months	1 mg/kg/day for 7 months	Prednisone 0.5 mg/kg/day and taper over 6 weeks	8 months
Patient 3	8 y/o female	Rash, arthralgias	5 months	1 mg/kg/day for 13 months	Prednisone 0.5 mg/kg/day and taper over 6 weeks	4 years
Patient 4	9 y/o male	Rash, arthralgias, abdominal pain	3 months	2 mg/kg/day for 18 months (still active and off steroids for last 6 months)	Prednisone 1 mg/kg/day and taper over 14 months	N/A
Patient 5	9 y/o male	Rash, abdominal pain, renal disease	Intermittent disease over 4 years	1 mg/kg/day for 21 months	Prednisone 0.5 mg/kg/day and taper over 16 months	3.5 years
Patient 6	8 y/o female	Rash, arthralgias, abdominal pain	4 months	1 mg/kg/day for 13 months	Prednisone 0.5 mg/kg/day and taper over 6 months	20 months