PERNICIOUS ANEMIA IN THE AMERICAN NEGRO

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Article1 December 1950PERNICIOUS ANEMIA IN THE AMERICAN NEGROMYERS H. HICKS, M.D., BYRD S. LEAVELL, M.D., F.A.C.P.MYERS H. HICKS, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, BYRD S. LEAVELL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-33-6-1438 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPernicious anemia is considered to be rare in the Negro race. In 1943 Schwartz and Gore1compiled only 106 cases2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17from the literature but added 93 cases of their own. They reviewed 1,000 consecutive diagnoses of pernicious anemia made at the Cook County Hospital between 1931 and 1942 and found that 93 of the patients were Negroes. According to the same authors, the largest series previously recorded from one institution had been 33 cases from the Johns Hopkins Hospital, reported by Wintrobe2in 1942. Prior...Bibliography1. SchwartzGore SOM: Pernicious anemia in Negroes, Arch. Int. Med. 71: 782-785, 1943. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Wintrobe MM: Clinical hematology, 1946, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, p. 353. Google Scholar3. KampmeierCameron RHPB: Pernicious anemia in the Negro, Am. J. M. Sc. 192: 751-756, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. WilsonEvans CRFA: Pernicious anemia in Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1915 to 1922, Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. 35: 38-46, 1924. Google Scholar5. Carr JG: Pernicious anemia, Am. J. M. Sc. 160: 737-752, 1920. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Trout EF: Pernicious anemia in the Negro, Illinois M. J. 51: 322-323, 1927. Google Scholar7. Jamison SC: Pernicious anemia in the North American Negro, Southern M. J. 19: 583-584, 1926. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. Matthews HO: Pernicious anemia in the Negro, U. S. Veterans Bur. M. Bull. 5: 494-500, 1929. Google Scholar9. Gates LR: A study of pernicious anemia, Thesis, U. of Michigan Graduate School, 1932, p. 83. Google Scholar10. Friedlander RD: The racial factor in pernicious anemia—a study of 500 cases, Am. J. M. Sc. 182: 634-642, 1934. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. StraussLa Porte NTV: Pernicious anemia in the Negro, New York State J. Med. 34: 1027-1028, 1934. Google Scholar12. Millett J: Pernicious anemia in the Negro, Bull. School Med. Univ. Maryland 22: 105-111, 1938. Google Scholar13. Granady JT: Pernicious anemia in the Negro with report of 4 cases, J. Nat. M. A. 29: 9-13, 1937. MedlineGoogle Scholar14. Murphy WP: Anemia in practice, 1939, W. B. Saunders Co., p. 194. Google Scholar15. Jones CA: Allergic reactions following the parenteral administration of liver extract—a clinic, Internat. Clin. 3: 258, 1939. Google Scholar16. , New England J. Med. 222: 734, 1940. Google Scholar17. McCracken JB: Pernicious anemia in the Negro, J. M. A. Georgia 30: 49-54, 1941. Google Scholar18. HardgroveYunckZotterMurphy MRHF: A summary of 80 living cases of pernicious anemia, Ann. Int. Med. 20: 806-814, 1944. LinkGoogle Scholar19. IsaacsFriedman RA: Standards for maximum reticulocyte percentage after intramuscular liver therapy in pernicious anemia, Am. J. M. Sc. 196: 718-719, 1938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication September 18, 1948.From the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, Virginia.†Armistead Shepherd Fellow. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRacial Patterns in Pernicious AnemiaPernicious Anemia in NegroesRICHARD J. HART JR., M.D., PAUL R. MCCURDY, M.D. 1 December 1950Volume 33, Issue 6Page: 1438-1443KeywordsHospital medicinePernicious anemiaRacial and ethnic issues ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1950 PDF downloadLoading ...