Crohn's disease in a patient with multiple sclerosis.
We report the occurrence of Crohn's disease in a patient with well-established multiple sclerosis. A relationship between inflammatory bowel disease and multiple sclerosis is supported by a higher than expected coexistence of these disease among families and individuals, as well as similar accepted and proposed mechanisms of pathogenesis and therapy.
Kitchin
L I
LI
Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.
Knobler
R L
RL
Friedman
L S
LS
D003092:Colitis / Q000473:pathology; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology