COEXISTENCE OF PERNICIOUS ANEMIA AND LESIONS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT: I. CARCINOMA OF THE STOMACH: Consideration of Twenty Cases: Eleven Reported
Authors: H. Milton Conner, Ivar W. Birkeland
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1933)

Article1 July 1933COEXISTENCE OF PERNICIOUS ANEMIA AND LESIONS OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACTConsideration of Twenty Cases: Eleven ReportedH. MILTON CONNER, M.D., F.A.C.P., IVAR W. BIRKELAND, M.D., F.A.C.P.H. MILTON CONNER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, IVAR W. BIRKELAND, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-7-1-89 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptREVIEW OF LITERATUREQuincke,1 in 1876, first mentioned the coexistence of carcinoma of the stomach and progressive pernicious anemia. 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BRODERS AC: The grading of carcinoma, Minnesota Med., 1925, viii, 726-730. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Submitted for publication November 29, 1932. From The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.†Formerly a Fellow in Medicine, The Mayo Foundation. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byEpidemiologic, Clinicopathologic, and Economic Aspects of Gastroscopic Screening of Patients with Pernicious AnemiaPernicious Anemia and Gastric Carcinoma.Giant hypertrophic (tumour simulating) gastritisOccurrence of Gastric Cancer among Patients with Pernicious Anemia at the Boston City HospitalTHE DEVELOPMENT OF GASTRIC CARCINOMA IN PERNICIOUS ANEMIA*JOHN W. NORCROSS, M.D., F.A.C.P., STANLEY E. MONROE, M.D., BELTON G. 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