RADIO-PHOSPHORUS—AN AGENT FOR THE SATISFACTORY TREATMENT OF POLYCYTHEMIA AND ITS ASSOCIATED MANIFESTATIONS; A REPORT OF A CASE OF POLYCYTHEMIA SECONDARY POSSIBLY TO THE BANTI'S SYNDROME
Authors: Lowell A. Erf, Harold W. Jones
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1943)

Article1 October 1943RADIO-PHOSPHORUS—AN AGENT FOR THE SATISFACTORY TREATMENT OF POLYCYTHEMIA AND ITS ASSOCIATED MANIFESTATIONS; A REPORT OF A CASE OF POLYCYTHEMIA SECONDARY POSSIBLY TO THE BANTI'S SYNDROMELOWELL A. ERF, M.D., HAROLD W. JONES, M.D., F.A.C.P.LOWELL A. ERF, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HAROLD W. JONES, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-19-4-587 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPolycythemia is a disease of unknown etiology characterized by a chronic course and a marked increase in total blood volume over the normal, with an absolute increase in the total number of red blood cells (and often of white blood cells and of platelets).In a previous paper1evidence was presented that marked clinical and hematological improvement occurred in six cases of polycythemia, following administration of radio-phosphorus (p32). Those six patients have been maintained in essentially complete clinical and hematological remissions for nearly two years.2Four of the six patients have required no radio-phosphorus additional to that described in the...Bibliography1. 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CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Received for publication September 3, 1942.Charlotte Drake Cardeza Foundation for Study of Diseases of the Blood and Allied Conditions.†This patient, whose disease of polycythemia was well controlled with radio-active phosphorus for three years, began losing weight in January 1943 and died five months later of hypernephroma with metastases (J. H. Lawrence, personal communication).‡Radio-phosphorus was produced by the Berkeley cyclotron and was forwarded by Dr. John H. Lawrence. 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