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Graves disease associated with autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura
L C Hofbauer1, C Spitzweg, S Schmauss
1Division of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn, USA.
Archives of Internal Medicine
|May 12, 1997
Abstract:
Five patients with active Graves disease had moderate to severe autoimmune thrombocytopenic purpura at the time of diagnosis. Correction of hyperthyroidism and restitution of a euthyroid state by carbimazole therapy resulted in complete normalization of platelet counts.