PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Riordan, M F AU - Hill, F G H TI - Atypical bleeding due to idiopathic thrombocytopenia in association with low factor VIII levels AID - 10.1136/adc.87.3.227 DP - 2002 Sep 01 TA - Archives of Disease in Childhood PG - 227--228 VI - 87 IP - 3 4099 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/87/3/227.short 4100 - http://adc.bmj.com/content/87/3/227.full SO - Arch Dis Child2002 Sep 01; 87 AB - Two children with bleeding from idiopathic thrombocytopenia with low factor VIII levels are described. The presence of a double haemostatic defect in an otherwise healthy individual presenting with bleeding is extremely rare. In both cases the atypical bleeding raised the suspicion of dual pathology.