Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis has received extraordinary interest in the medical literature since the original publication in 1973 in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. The index case was identified in 1968 as a distinct clinical entity, by one of the co-authors of the first publication and of the...
VASCULITISURTICARIAWEIGHT lossPROTEINURIADRUG efficacyA 12-year-old girl presented initially with arthritis, back and abdominal pain, weight loss and lethargy. Preliminary blood tests showed a positive antinuclear factor, and low C3 and C4. Serum creatinine was normal but repeat urinalysis demonstrated ...