ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO LIVER EXTRACT
Authors: Robert E. Kaufman, Laurence Farmer, Carl Reich
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1943)

Article1 November 1943ALLERGIC REACTIONS TO LIVER EXTRACTROBERT E. KAUFMAN, LAURENCE FARMER, M.D., CARL REICH, M.D.ROBERT E. KAUFMANSearch for more papers by this author, LAURENCE FARMER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, CARL REICH, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-19-5-768 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptReactions to liver extract, usually clearly of an allergic nature, have been reported by numerous authors1-35since 1931. These 35 articles record a total of only 50 patients experiencing reactions from liver extract by injection. The condition is by no means so rare, however, as the above number would indicate. In this article we are reporting 11 additional cases, four seen personally and seven whose detailed histories were given us by two of our colleagues (table 1). 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