A CASE OF SUBACUTE COMBINED DEGENERATION OF THE SPINAL CORD WITH INTERESTING HEREDITARY FEATURES

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Case Reports1 October 1942A CASE OF SUBACUTE COMBINED DEGENERATION OF THE SPINAL CORD WITH INTERESTING HEREDITARY FEATURESS. W. RANSON JR., M.D., SAMUEL REBACK, M.D.S. W. RANSON JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this author, SAMUEL REBACK, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-17-4-738 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptOn January 27, 1938, a man, aged 24, was brought to the Neurological Institute of New York, apparently moribund, suffering with subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord secondary to pernicious anemia. His mother and paternal uncle had had the same disease. This hereditary background, the abnormally early onset of the illness, and the unusually good response to therapy have prompted the presentation of this case report.Hurst,1Meulengracht,2Johannessohn,3Tscherning,4Ungley and Suzman,5and others have presented instances of subacute combined degeneration occurring in more than one member of a family. Wilkinson and Brockbank6in 1931 reviewed the literature,...Bibliography1. HURST AF: Addison's (pernicious) anemia and subacute combined degeneration of the spinal cord, Brit. Med. Jr., 1924, i, 93. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. JOHANNESSOHN F: Perniziöse Anämie bei zwei Brüdern, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1925, li, 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. MEULENGRACHT E: The hereditary factor in pernicious anemia, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1925, clxix, 177. Google Scholar4. TSCHERNING R: Biermersche Anämie bei drei Geschwistern, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1926, lii, 707. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. UNGLEYSUZMAN CCMM: Subacute combined degeneration of the cord: symptomatology and effects of liver therapy, Brain, 1929, lii, 271. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. WILKINSONBROCKBANK JFW: The importance of familial achlorhydria in the aetiology of pernicious anemia, Quart. Jr. Med., 1931, xxiv, 219. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication September 19, 1940.From the Neurological Institute of New York, New York City. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byA Family Study of Pernicious AnaemiaDistúrbios neurológicos nos estados carenciais aquílicos 1 October 1942Volume 17, Issue 4Page: 738-744KeywordsPernicious anemiaSpinal cord Issue Published: 1 October 1942 PDF downloadLoading ...