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A REVIEW FOR 1940

CARL H. GREENE, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1941;67(4):867-888.

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As in previous reviews, no attempt has been made to give either an inclusive or a comprehensive survey of the literature dealing with diseases of the liver and the biliary tract during 1940. Instead I have selected topics that have been the subject of special advances or particular study during the year. In many cases detailed reviews have been published elsewhere, and I have referred to them instead of attempting to give a comprehensive bibliography in this article.

PORTAL HYPERTENSION AND CONGESTIVE SPLENOMEGALY— BANTI'S DISEASE

The literature dealing with the syndrome of portal hypertension and its role in the production of congestive splenomegaly and the so-called Banti syndrome has been reviewed by Greene, Plotz and Localio.¹ The importance of portal hypertension in producing congestive splenomegaly has been emphasized further by Whipple² and Rousselot.³ Thompson⁴ has recently summarized the experience of investigators at Presbyterian Hospital in New . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Clinic for the Study of Diseases of the Liver and Biliary Tract of the Department of Medicine and the Department of Surgery, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, Columbia University.

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