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II. SIGNIFICANCE OF INCREASED BLOOD DIASTASE

CARL J. HEIFETZ, M.D.; J. G. PROBSTEIN, M.D.; S. H. GRAY, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1941;67(4):819-827.

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In another report from this laboratory¹ the normal range of diastatic activity of the blood was established, based on determinations by the analytic technic of Somogyi.² It was shown that this range lies between 80 and 150 and that the ranges between 60 and 80 and between 150 and 180 are on the borderline of normal. Diastase values below 60 and above 200 are considered definitely abnormal. The present report is concerned with pathologic conditions which in general are associated with abnormal increases in the level of the blood diastase. Those associated with subnormal levels were discussed in a separate report.³

The patients whose cases are included in this study were admitted between 1933 and 1938 to the Jewish Hospital, a general hospital for patients with acute conditions, excluding contagious and mental diseases. Since only one determination was made in the majority of cases, we have disregarded . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
ST. LOUIS

From the laboratory and the Department of Surgery, Jewish Hospital, and the Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Aided by the David May-Florence G. May Fund.

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