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SIDNEY DAVIDSON, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1939;64(6):1187-1196.

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Infantilism has been frequently seen as a sequela of such chronic debilitating diseases as chronic renal disease,¹ congenital and rheumatic heart disease, diabetes mellitus, avitaminosis, congenital syphilis, Addison's disease,² Still's disease³ and congenital hemolytic icterus.⁴ Infantilism has been frequently reported in gastrointestinal disorders, especially in celiac disease and idiopathic steatorrhea.⁵ In one series of 15 cases of idiopathic steatorrhea, characteristic stigmas of infantilism appeared in 10.^5a It has been found also in cases of chronic intestinal tuberculosis.² I have seen 1 such case in the past year.

Despite the frequent mention of infantilism associated with the gastrointestinal disorders mentioned, it has not been reported in ulcerative colitis. Bargen,⁶ in summarizing the sequelae in 1,500 cases of ulcerative colitis, did not mention infantilism, nor did he, Jackman and Kerr⁷ speak of it in discussing another series of 871 cases, in 243 of which the patients were in the second and third . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Resident in Medicine NEW YORK

From the Medical Service of Dr. L. Lichtwitz, Montefiore Hospital.

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