Ulcerative colitis with chronic liver disease, eosinophilia and auto-immune thyroid disease.
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A patient with chronic mild ulcerative colitis is described. Her illness was characterized by fluctuating blood eosinophilia, chronic persistent hepatitis and hypersensitivity to sulphasalazine. She subsequently developed auto-immune thyroid disease. The inter-relationships of these various disorders are discussed.
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Ulcerative colitis with chronic liver disease , eosinophilia and auto - immune thyroid disease STEPHEN P . KANE
Introduction While there are well established associations between ulcerative colitis and chronic liver diseases, between active chronic hepatitis and thyroid disease, and between ulcerative colitis and blood and tissue eosinophilia, a patient in whom all these features were manifested has not hitherto been described. Although it is possible that she had two or more unrelated conditions, it is ...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 53 616 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1977