PERIODIC PERITONITIS, ONSET SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH MENSTRUATION
Authors: J SCHWARTZ
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1960)

Case Reports1 August 1960PERIODIC PERITONITIS, ONSET SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH MENSTRUATIONJULIUS SCHWARTZ, M.D.JULIUS SCHWARTZ, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-53-2-407 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn recent years there have been sporadic reports of a heterogeneous group of disorders which have had diverse manifestations, yet have had an outstanding characteristic in common. The appearance of recurrent attacks at regular or irregular intervals, with apparent complete recovery between the episodes, has suggested that there may be a common bond among them.Reimann1-5has written extensively on this problem, and has suggested that each group be named according to its most outstanding feature, even though there is some overlapping of symptoms. 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