Case Report
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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 21, 2008; 14(15): 2451-2453
Published online Apr 21, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2451
Association of primary biliary cirrhosis with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Nobuyuki Toshikuni, Ryumei Yamato, Haruhiko Kobashi, Ken Nishino, Nobu Inada, Ritsuko Sakanoue, Mitsuhiko Suehiro, Yoshinori Fujimura, Gotaro Yamada
Nobuyuki Toshikuni, Ryumei Yamato, Ken Nishino, Nobu Inada, Ritsuko Sakanoue, Mitsuhiko Suehiro, Yoshinori Fujimura, Gotaro Yamada, Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Liver Diseases, Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki Medical School, Okayama 7008505, Japan
Haruhiko Kobashi, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 7008558, Japan
Author contributions: Toshikuni N wrote the paper; Toshikuni N, Yamato R and Kobashi H treated the present patient; Nishino K, Inada N, Sakanoue R, Suehiro M, Fujimura Y and Yamada G gave helpful comments on the present case.
Correspondence to: Nobuyuki Toshikuni, Dr, Department of Internal Medicine, Center for Liver Diseases, Kawasaki Hospital, Kawasaki Medical School, 2-1-80 Nakasange, Okayama 7008505, Japan. n.toshikuni@gmail.com
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Received: December 15, 2007
Revised: February 15, 2008
Published online: April 21, 2008
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