A case of Evans' syndrome in a patient with ulcerative colitis

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 439-441

  Ucci, G ^a   Ferrando, P ^a   Valentini, D ^a   Zavallone, L ^a  

^a A MANZONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evans' syndrome; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; MESALAZINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COOMBS TEST; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FOLLOW UP; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RELAPSE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; SYNDROME;

ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; AZATHIOPRINE; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; SYNDROME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0142125267     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1590-8658(03)00161-0     Document Type: Article

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