Treatment of the schoenlein-henoch syndrome with adrenocorticotrophic hormone (A.C.T.H.) and cortisone

Abstract

Nine cases of the Schoenlein-Henoch syndrome are presented in which treatment with A.C.T.H. and/or cortisone was given. No dramatic results were encountered. The drugs did not prevent relapses in the condition the onset of nephritis in three of seven cases, neither did they have any effect on the course of the nephritis. We were not convinced that the drugs were of any value in our cases.