“…deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and its complication pulmonary embolism (PE), because they are reported to have hyperhomocysteinaemia, low levels of K-vitamin-dependent anticoagulant proteins, and increased levels of thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor (Halfdanarson et al, 2007). There are several case reports regarding VTE occurrence in CD patients (Daum et al, 2009;Halfdanarson et al, 2007), but observational studies present conflicting results and may have been confounded by medication use and several comorbidities (Ludvigsson et al, 2007;Miehsler et al, 2004;Ramagopalan et al, 2011).…”