THE RELATIONSHIP OF THERAPY WITH CORTISONE TO THE INCIDENCE OF VASCULAR LESIONS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Authors: J W KEMPER, A H BAGGENSTOSS, C H SLOCUMB
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Article1 May 1957THE RELATIONSHIP OF THERAPY WITH CORTISONE TO THE INCIDENCE OF VASCULAR LESIONS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITISJAMES W. KEMPER, M.D., ARCHIE H. BAGGENSTOSS, M.D., CHARLES H. SLOCUMB, M.D.JAMES W. KEMPER, M.D., ARCHIE H. BAGGENSTOSS, M.D., CHARLES H. SLOCUMB, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-46-5-831 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn the last six years polyarteritis nodosa has been seen clinically, and proved histologically by biopsies, in patients who had had classic rheumatoid arthritis for many years. This association was seen only rarely prior to this time. It was our clinical impression that the administration of cortisone or corticotropin might have affected the appearance of these vascular lesions. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Rochester, Minnesota*Received for publication November 9, 1956.†Abridgment of thesis submitted by Dr. Kemper to the Faculty of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Medicine.From the Sections of Medicine and Pathologic Anatomy, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota.The Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, is a part of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota.Requests for reprints should be addressed to the Section of Publications, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. 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