HEMOLYTIC DISORDERS: SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF TWENTY YEARS OF PROGRESS
Authors: L E YOUNG
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Article1 November 1958HEMOLYTIC DISORDERS: SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF TWENTY YEARS OF PROGRESSLAWRENCE E. YOUNG, M.D., F.A.C.P.LAWRENCE E. YOUNG, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-5-1073 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDuring the last 20 years there have been remarkable advances in our understanding of hemolytic disorders and in our ability to detect, differentiate and treat these conditions. In few other areas of medicine has progress been so rapid or so clearly attributable to the application of modern biochemical and biophysical methods to the study of the cell. In reviewing some of the recent progress in this field I have chosen to comment chiefly on observations which have added especially to our understanding of the structure, cytochemistry and metabolism of the red cell. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Presented as a Morning Lecture at the Thirty-Ninth Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 1, 1958.From the Department of Medicine, The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and the Medical Service of the Strong Memorial Hospital.†Certain of the studies summarized in this report were aided by grants from the Department of the Army, Office of the Surgeon General, and from the Public Health Service.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Lawrence E. Young, M.D., Professor of Medicine, The University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, 260 Crittenden Boulevard, Rochester 20, N. Y. 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