THE RÔLE OF THE ENDOCRINES IN ANAPHYLAXIS AND ALLERGY: I. HORMONAL INFLUENCES IN ANAPHYLAXIS; A CRITICAL REVIEW: II. HORMONAL INFLUENCES IN ALLERGY; CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS
Authors: Laurence Farmer
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Article1 August 1942THE RÔLE OF THE ENDOCRINES IN ANAPHYLAXIS AND ALLERGYII. HORMONAL INFLUENCES IN ALLERGY; CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS*LAURENCE FARMER, M.D.LAURENCE FARMER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-17-2-212 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptI. HORMONAL INFLUENCES IN ANAPHYLAXIS; A CRITICAL REVIEWIt has been established beyond doubt that the endocrines influence anaphylaxis. However, the literature of this field is full of conflicting statements, and reviews have frequently added to the existing confusion by indiscriminately enumerating the opposing contentions.Some of the discrepancies are probably due to the fact that the experiments were not carried out under comparable conditions. 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