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Introduction. Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP) is the most common small vessel leukocytoclastic vasculitis during childhood. It is characterized by palpable purpura and/or joint, abdominal or renal involvement. Objective. To describe the epidemiological, clinical, laboratory, and evolutionary characteristics of patients with HSP. Population and methods. Observational, descriptive, and retrospective study. Patients younger than 15 years who met the Ankara criteria for HSP diagnosis were included in the period between 1/1/2008 and 12/31/2017. Results. A total of 339 patients with HSP were included; the male/female distribution was similar; their average age at onset was 7.02 years (± 3.02). The typical form was observed in 78 % and the atypical form, in 22 %, with joint involvement prior to purpura onset. Joint manifestations: 82 %; abdominal involvement: 54 %; renal manifestations: 19 %. Among patients with renal involvement, 68 % experienced it in the first month after onset. The most common symptom was isolated hematuria, and 22 % of patients with renal involvement had moderate to severe nephritis. Recurrences were observed in 15 % of patients. Conclusion. Joint manifestations were more common than what has been described in other series, whereas renal involvement was less common. Although it usually occurs in the first months of disease onset, it is worth noting that these patients need follow-up with urinary and blood pressure controls as part of their pediatric assessment.

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On the 100th anniversary of Celso Furtado's birth, several publications, such as Klüger (2020) and Lacerda et al. (2020), and conferences, such as 'Celso Furtado 100 anos', were created to honour the achievements of one of the founders of Latin American Structuralism. In this context, Polity Press has published, for the first time in English, Furtado's book from 1974, O Mito do Desenvolvimento Econômico. In this book, Furtado aims to unmask what he names as 'the myth of economic development', which acts as guidance for most economic models of development. In short, the myth consists of the belief that consumption patterns from central countries, associated with development, can be universalized to the entire population of undeveloped peripheral countries. 1 To elaborate on his arguments, Furtado critically revises 'The limits to growth' (LTG) report (Meadows et al. 1972), commissioned by the club of Rome. This study concluded, by means of a computational model, that the world seen as a whole system would find its limits to growth approximately 100 years after the publication of the LTG report. According to Furtado, this report, which has had great influence in the de-growth literature (Fournier 2008), is wrongly based on the myth of economic development and consequently overestimates the consequences of growth, leading to 'catastrophic conclusions'.The English version of O Mito do Desenvolvimento Econômico analysed in the present review includes an introduction by Ndongo Samba Sylla, which presents a short biography of Furtado focusing on his academic influences and studies, publications, and research framework. In addition, the introduction provides a summary of the LTG report and a summary and analysis of The Myth of Economic Development itself.In the first chapter, Furtado introduces us to what he means by 'the myth of economic development'. In his view, the literature specializing in economic development has consistently evolved on the basis of a mythical idea: that economic development can be universalized, in the sense that patterns of consumption from industrialized countries can be

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