CONCERNING THE FUNCTIONS AND NOMENCLATURE OF BLOOD CLOTTING FACTORS, WITH A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE PROFILE OF BLOOD CLOTTING FACTORS IN YOUNG MALES
Authors: I S WRIGHT
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Article1 November 1959CONCERNING THE FUNCTIONS AND NOMENCLATURE OF BLOOD CLOTTING FACTORS, WITH A PRELIMINARY REPORT OF THE PROFILE OF BLOOD CLOTTING FACTORS IN YOUNG MALESIRVING S. WRIGHT, M.D., F.A.C.P.IRVING S. WRIGHT, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-51-5-841 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDuring the last decade it became increasingly apparent that those who were exploring for new knowledge about blood clotting had created a Tower of Babel, and that new stories were constantly being added to that Tower. Workers in the field were able to communicate only with the greatest difficulty. The general clinician and the student found the literature to be a maze worthy of the Minoans. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication May 16, 1959.Presented at the Fortieth Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Chicago, Illinois, April 22, 1959.From the Department of Medicine, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, N. Y.†Aided by grants from the National Heart Institute, Lasker Foundation and the Lillia Babbit Hyde Foundation.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Irving S. Wright, M.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 525 E. 68 St., New York, N. Y. 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