A SUMMARY OF EIGHTY LIVING CASES OF PERNICIOUS ANEMIA

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Article1 May 1944A SUMMARY OF EIGHTY LIVING CASES OF PERNICIOUS ANEMIAMAURICE HARDGROVE, F.A.C.P., ROBERT YUNCK, M.D., HUGO ZOTTER, M.D., FRANCIS MURPHY, M.D., F.A.C.P.MAURICE HARDGROVE, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, ROBERT YUNCK, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HUGO ZOTTER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, FRANCIS MURPHY, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-20-5-806 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThis article contains information obtained by a study of 80 cases of pernicious anemia undergoing treatment in the Pernicious Anemia clinic of the Milwaukee County Hospital Dispensary which was established by Dr. F. Murphy: The data were obtained by oral interviews with the patients and supplemented by the study of case records.The ages varied from 37 to 83 years. The largest number of patients was from 60 to 69 years of age. Fifteen per cent of cases were first discovered between 40 and 49 years of age. The earliest age of suspected onset was 29.In a group of...Bibliography1. ISAACS R: Diagnosis and treatment of pernicious anemia, Jr. Indiana Med. Assoc., 1939, xxxii, 607-610. Google Scholar2. MINOT GR: Some aspects of the diagnosis of pernicious anemia, Med. Clin. N. Am., 1935, xviii, 935-944. Google Scholar3. STALKER H: Angina pectoris and pernicious anemia (old terminology), a résumé of the literature with a case report, ANN. INT. MED., 1937, x, 1172-1180. Google Scholar4. FRIEDLANDER RD: The racial factor in pernicious anemia: a study of 500 cases, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1934, clxxxvii, 634-642. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. MCCRACKEN JP: Pernicious anemia in the negro, Jr. Med. Assoc. Georgia, 1941, xxx, 49-54. Google Scholar6. JAHSMAN WE: Pernicious anemia; its prevalence and adequate treatment; a review of 223 cases, Jr. Michigan Med. Soc., 1939, xxxviii, 405-409. Google Scholar7. TEMPLETON WL: Pernicious anemia in a child, Lancet, 1939, ii, 1221. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. STRAUSS MB: The pharmacopeia and the physician; the use of drugs in the treatment of anemia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1936, cvii, 1633-1636. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. GOLDHAMERBETHELLISAACSSTURGIS SMFHRCC: The occurrence and treatment of neurologic changes in pernicious anemia, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1934, ciii, 1663-1667. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. CRAIG WM: Tumors of the spinal cord and their relation to medicine and surgery, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1936, cvii, 184-188. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. WELTMANHECK HWFJ: Treatment of neurologic changes complicating pernicious anemia, Minnesota Med., 1941, xxiv, 653-658. Google Scholar12. MURPHYHOWARD WPI: The use concentrated liver extracts in pernicious anemia; survey of maintenance treatment of 176 patients under continuous observation for from 6 months to 6½ years, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1939, cxii, 106-110. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. ROSENTHALABEL NHA: Observations on the effects of liver extract in pernicious anemia with special reference to the paraplegic form of subacute combined sclerosis, Jr. Mt. Sinai Hosp., 1938, v, 349-362. Google Scholar14. JONES CA: Allergic reactions following the parenteral administration of liver extract, New Internat. Clin., 1939, iii, 258-263. Google Scholar15. TAYLORHILGER CBDW: Use of histaminase by mouth in preventing systemic reactions to parenteral liver extract, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1941, cxvii, 1880-1881. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. STAMES HF: Heredity in pernicious anemia, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1940, cc, 586-590. CrossrefGoogle Scholar17. ASKEY JM: Prevention of pernicious anemia; recognition of the latent stage in relatives, ANN. INT. MED., 1940, xiv, 593-607. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Milwaukee, Wisconsin*Received for publication January 5, 1943.From the Milwaukee County Hospital and the department of medicine of the Marquette University Medical School.Presented by title before the Central Society for Clinical Research, Chicago, November, 1942. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byReappraisal: Premature Graying of HairChanges in Hair ColorHEREDITARY FACTORS IN PERNICIOUS ANÆMIA AND THEIR RELATION TO SERUM-IMMUNOGLOBULIN LEVELS AND AGE AT DIAGNOSISTHE GENETIC FACTOR IN PERNICIOUS ANÆMIAA Family Study of Pernicious Anaemia: I. AUTOANTIBODIES, ACHLORHYDRIA, SERUM PEPSINOGEN AND VITAMIN B 12A Family Study of Pernicious AnaemiaPERNICIOUS ANEMIA IN THE AMERICAN NEGRO*MYERS H. HICKS, M.D., BYRD S. LEAVELL, M.D., F.A.C.P. 1 May 1944Volume 20, Issue 5Page: 806-814KeywordsHospital medicinePernicious anemia ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1944 PDF downloadLoading ...