title: Hypergammaglobulinemic purpura in two sisters with Sjogren's syndrome responding to colchicine treatment.
abstract: Purpura is the hallmark of hypergammaglobulinemic purpura (HP). It appears mainly after strenuous activity in the dependent areas of the body. Treatment is mostly symptomatic. Here we report two sisters with Sjogren's syndrome (SS) and HP who had a remarkable response to colchicine treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine B, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 7 Michal Street, Haifa, Israel. gshabib62@yahoo.com
authors.forename: George S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Habib
authors.forename: Munir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nashashibi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003078:Colchicine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006074:Gout Suppressants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D011694:Purpura, Hyperglobulinemic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D035781:Siblings; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D006074:Gout Suppressants; D003078:Colchicine