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Crohn's colitis and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
1Department of Internal Medicine, Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital and University of Virginia School of Medicine, 101 Elm Avenue SE, Roanoke, VA 24013, USA. mboyne@welch.jhu.edu
Postgraduate Medical Journal
|April 25, 2000
Abstract:
A 17 year old girl with active Crohn's colitis developed idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura that was managed with intravenous immune globulins and cyclosporin A. The possible association between Crohn's disease and immune thrombocytopenia is explored.