A 20-year-old woman with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and Evans' syndrome

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 432-436

  Kang, Mi Yeon ^a   Hahm, Jong Ryeal ^a   Jung, Tae Sik ^a   Lee, Gyeong Won ^a   Kim, Deok Ryong ^a   Park, Myoung Hee ^b  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anemia; Autoimmunity; Hemolytic; Purpura; Thrombocytopenia; Thyroiditis

Indexed keywords

HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; PREDNISOLONE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; IMMUNOGENETICS; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; SPLENECTOMY; STEROID THERAPY; WEAKNESS;

ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC, AUTOIMMUNE; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC;

EID: 33745584602     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: 05135796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2006.47.3.432     Document Type: Article

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