Henoch, Eduard Heinrich

Henoch,

Eduard Heinrich, German pediatrician, 1820-1910. Henoch chorea - a disorder in which sudden spasmodic coordinated movements of certain muscles or groups of physiologically related muscles occur at irregular intervals. Synonym(s): spasmodic ticHenoch purpura - Synonym(s): Henoch-Schönlein purpuraHenoch-Schönlein purpura - an eruption of nonthrombocytopenic purpuric lesions due to dermal leukocytoclastic vasculitis. Synonym(s): acute vascular purpura; anaphylactoid purpura; Henoch purpura; Henoch-Schönlein purpura; Henoch-Schönlein syndrome; purpura nervosa; purpura rheumatica; Schönlein disease; Schönlein purpuraHenoch-Schönlein syndrome - Synonym(s): Henoch-Schönlein purpuraSchönlein-Henoch syndrome - Synonym(s): Henoch-Schönlein purpura