Thrombophilia in ulcerative colitis
Jákó, J.; Fenyvesi, A.; Banai, J.; Petó, I.
Orvosi Hetilap 141(39): 2139-2145
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 0030-6002 PMID: 11028177 Document Number: 521530
The authors report a combined occurrence of thrombophilia and colitis ulcerosa and provide an analysis of relevant references in earlier works. It is likely intertwinning of the two disease's symptoms, the chronic cause of the condition and the underlying molecular biology variations cannot be traced back to a single cause. Further research is required to establish whether the protein-C anomaly exhibited in the presented case is general in this condition or an individual occurrence. The publication emphasises that in future cases it will be advisable to perform tests capable of proving or refuting the abnormality of protein-C.