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II. A STUDY OF TWENTY-NINE CASES OF NEPHRITIS

DANA W. ATCHLEY; ROBERT F. LOEB; ETHEL M. BENEDICT; WALTER W. PALMER

Arch Intern Med. 1923;31(4):611-615.

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INTRODUCTION

This paper presents fifty-two sets of observations on a series of twenty-nine cases of nephritis. The study includes five cases of acute nephritis, nine cases of uremia and fifteen cases of chronic nephritis, with and without edema. The scope of the investigation and the methods employed have been fully described in a previous communication.¹ We have found no new relationships between the laboratory findings and the clinical diagnosis, and therefore we shall omit detailed clinical descriptions.

DISCUSSION

1. Acute Nephritis.

—These cases were typical but rather mild examples of acute nephritis with more or less hematuria. The serum analyses show no significant deviations from the normal figures except for an occasional increase in the nonprotein nitrogen. The serum chlorides were usually on the upper limit of normal. Attention may be called to the fact that the per cent, of protein in the serum is seldom below the normal in . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Chemical Division, Medical Clinic, the Johns Hopkins University and Hospital, and from the department of Medicine of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and the Presbyterian Hospital.

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