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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

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 ==Overview==
 ==Epidemiology and demgraphics==
-HSP occurs more often in children than in adults, and usually follows an [[upper respiratory tract infection]]. [[Median|Half of affected patients]] are below the age of six, and 90% under ten. It occurs more often in boys than in girls (about twice as often).
-The [[incidence (epidemiology)|incidence]] of HSP in children is about 20 per 100,000 children per year; this makes it the most common vasculitis in childhood.<ref name=Gardner-Medwin2002>{{cite journal |author=Gardner-Medwin JM, Dolezalova P, Cummins C, Southwood TR|title=Incidence of Henoch-Schönlein purpura, Kawasaki disease, and rare vasculitides in children of different ethnic origins|journal=Lancet |volume=360 |issue=9341 |pages=1197–202 |year=2002 |pmid=12401245 |doi=}}</ref>
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