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Twenty‐Nail Dystrophy Associated with Hematologic Abnormalities
Author(s) -
GERMAINLEE EMILY L.,
ZINKHAM WILLIAM H.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1991.tb11767.x
Subject(s) - medicine , autoimmune hemolytic anemia , dystrophy , pathophysiology , hemolytic anemia , immunology , immune system , thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura , anemia , antibody , pathology , platelet
. This report describes a 15 1/2 year old white male with twenty‐nail dystrophy who has had recurrent episodes of immune thrombocytopenic purpura, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and mild depression of immunoglobulin levels. The concurrence of these events suggests that each shares a common pathophysiologic mechanism, possibly an autoimmune process.