Hashimoto's thyroiditis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (Werlhof's disease) and Steinert's dystrophia myotonica. A clinical case
Bianconcini, G.; Mazzali, F.; Guidetti, D.; Avanzini, P.; Candini, R.; Dallasta, A.; Gobbi, F.
Minerva Medica 83(7-8): 467-474
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4806 PMID: 1522972 Document Number: 397752
The authors report a rare association: Hashimoto's thyroiditis, thrombocytopenic idiopathic purpura (Werlhof's disease) and Steinert's myotonic dystrophia. The authors outline the fingerprints of each disease, report particular syndromes and compare that association to data of partially reviewed literature. They suppose a suggestive pathogenetic connection among these diseases, due to the coexistence of altered genetic, endocrine and autoimmune factors and consequently impaired cell membrane permeability.