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Association of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis-autoimmune Hepatitis Overlap Syndrome with Immune Thrombocytopenia and Graves' Disease.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jan 2015
Koyamada Ryosuke, Higuchi Takakazu, Kitada Ayako, Nakagawa Tomoko, Ikeya Takashi, Okada Sadamu, Fujita Yoshiyuki
Abstract excerpt
A 54-year-old woman suffering from pruritus for five years was diagnosed to have Graves' disease and immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) associated with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC)-autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) overlap syndrome, which was confirmed histologically after a prompt recovery in the platelet count number following steroid therapy. The association between PBC-AIH overlap syndrome and ITP has been rarely...
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