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Polyautoimmunity in a young woman.
British journal of rheumatology - 1 Mar 1993
Sheehan N J, Stanton-King K
Abstract excerpt
A young woman with the HLA phenotype A1, A2, B5, B8, DR3, DR4 developed RA, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), pernicious anaemia (PA), Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), systemic sclerosis (SS), pancreatic exocrine insufficiency (PEI) and coeliac disease (CD) before dying from vasculitic complications. A family study revealed RA, PA and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) amongst her first degree...
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