Concurrent immune thrombocytopenic purpura and Guillain-Barre syndrome in a patient with Hashimoto's thyroiditis

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 307-308

  Kohli, Rajan Singh ^a   Bleibel, Wissam ^b,c   Bleibel, Hani ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Apt B 2 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Guillain Barre syndrome; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Immune thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; RHESUS D ANTIBODY; RITUXIMAB; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DEMYELINATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLENECTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; FEMALE; GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROME; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; PURPURA, THROMBOCYTOPENIC, IDIOPATHIC; SPLENECTOMY;

EID: 34147165543     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.20771     Document Type: Article

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