THE VALUE OF THE WELTMANN SERUM COAGULATION REACTION AS A LABORATORY DIAGNOSTIC AID; COMPARISON WITH THE SEDIMENTATION RATE
Authors: S. A. Levinson, R. I. Klein
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Article1 June 1939THE VALUE OF THE WELTMANN SERUM COAGULATION REACTION AS A LABORATORY DIAGNOSTIC AID; COMPARISON WITH THE SEDIMENTATION RATES. A. LEVINSON, M.D., F.A.C.P., R. I. KLEIN, M.D.S. A. LEVINSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, R. I. KLEIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-12-12-1948 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptINTRODUCTIONIn this report we wish to call attention to a nonspecific laboratory test which merits consideration and which we believe is often of more value than the sedimentation rate. This test, which is known as Weltmann's serum-coagulation reaction or the coagulation band of the serum, was proposed in 1930, and has attracted much favorable comment in Europe, although it has not received sufficient trial in this country. 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CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Chicago, Illinois*Presented at the Sixteenth Annual Meeting, American Society of Clinical Pathologists, Philadelphia, June 4, 1937.From the Departments of Pathology and Pediatrics, University of Illinois, College of Medicine, and the Cook County Hospital, Chicago.†Mead Johnson Research Fellow. 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