Extreme thrombocytosis - An unusual presentation of inflammatory bowel disease

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1255-1257

  Thachil, Jecko ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inflammatory bowel disease; Platelet; Thrombocytosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HYDROXYUREA; MESALAZINE; STEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLON ULCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; DIARRHEA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HAIR LOSS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MOUTH ULCER; REHYDRATION; RELAPSE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS; VOMITING; DRUG COMBINATION; ENTERITIS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; MESALAMINE; STEROIDS; THROMBOCYTOSIS;

EID: 49649088690     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0875     Document Type: Article

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