INCIDENCE OF THYROTOXICOSIS AMONG REFUGEES FROM NAZI PRISON CAMPS
Authors: S A WEISMAN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Article1 April 1958INCIDENCE OF THYROTOXICOSIS AMONG REFUGEES FROM NAZI PRISON CAMPSSAMUEL A. WEISMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.SAMUEL A. WEISMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-48-4-747 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThis report represents a three-year (1951 to 1954) study of the incidence of thyrotoxicosis among refugee as against nonrefugee patients referred to the Thyroid Clinic, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Angeles, with a comparison study of refugee and nonrefugee patients registered in the General Outpatient Clinic.The study was stimulated by the impression that there was a high incidence of thyrotoxicosis among patients who were refugees from Nazi prison camps. The histories of these patients were more or less similar in pattern. They had all spent up to four years in the prison camps. Their lives just prior to, during...Bibliography1. Cannon WB: Conditions affecting secretion of the thyroid gland, Boston M. and S. J. 75: 562 (Oct. 19) 1916. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Plummer HS: The function of the thyroid gland, Beaumont Foundation, 1925, C. V. Mosby, St. Louis. Google Scholar3. Bram I: Psychic trauma in pathogenesis of exophthalmic goiter, Endocrinology 11: 106, 1927. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Moschcowitz E: The nature of Graves' disease, Arch. Int. Med. 46: 610, 1930. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. GoodallRogers JSL: The effects of emotions in the production of thyrotoxicosis, M. J. and Rec. 138: 411, 1944. Google Scholar6. Means JH: The function of the thyroid gland, Beaumont Lecture, 1948, Charles C Thomas, Springfield, Illinois. Google Scholar7. HamAlexanderCarmichael GCFHT: A psychosomatic theory of thyrotoxicosis, Psychosom. Med. 13: 18, 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. Lidz T: Emotional factors in the etiology of hyperthyroidism, Psychosom. Med. 11: 2, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. PaulingItanoSingerWells LHASJIC: Sickle cell anemia, a molecular disease, Science 110: 543, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. Pauling L: The nature of molecular diseases, presented before the 37th Annual Session of the American College of Physicians, April 18, 1956, Los Angeles, California. Google Scholar11. Neel JV: Human hemoglobin types, their epidemiologic implications, New England J. Med. 256: 161 (Jan. 24) 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Los Angeles, California*Received for publication May 15, 1957.From the Thyroid Clinic, Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Angeles, California.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Samuel A. Weisman, M.D., 6363 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles 48, California. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byManagement of thyroid disorders during the COVID-19 outbreak: a position statement from the Thyroid Department of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism (SBEM)HyperthyroidismStressful life events and Graves' diseaseHealth and environment—Psychosocial stimuli: A review 1 April 1958Volume 48, Issue 4Page: 747-752KeywordsAttentionCyclic adenosine monophosphateEmotionsOutpatient clinicsThyroid ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...