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SAMUEL T. KILLIAN, M.D.; FRANZ J. INGELFINGER, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1944;73(6):466-471.

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Granulomatous jejunoileitis and its clinical manifestations have been well described,¹ but less attention has been devoted to some of the nutritional problems which may attend this disease. The nature of these problems is well exemplified by the case of a patient recently under our observation. Not only were the functions of his small intestine impaired by an extensive granulomatous process, but he suffered from severe hypoproteinemia, partly induced by a period of semistarvation in an open lifeboat. This report presents the results of various therapeutic measures which were evaluated on the basis of the patient's clinical course, daily nitrogen balances and other laboratory data obtained over a period of forty-two weeks.

REPORT OF A CASE

R. D., a 23 year old white American man, was admitted to the Evans Memorial Hospital on July 28, 1942, with the chief complaint of diarrhea of three months' duration. His past history was . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BOSTON

From the Robert Dawson Evans Memorial, Massachusetts Memorial Hospitals, and the Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine.

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