THE CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HYPERGLOBULINEMIA. II. CORRELATION WITH LIVER FUNCTION TESTS, SEROLOGIC TESTS FOR SYPHILIS, AND BONE MARROW EXAMINATIONS
Authors: A R FEINSTEIN, R G PETERSDORF
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1956)

Article1 May 1956THE CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF HYPERGLOBULINEMIA. II. CORRELATION WITH LIVER FUNCTION TESTS, SEROLOGIC TESTS FOR SYPHILIS, AND BONE MARROW EXAMINATIONSALVAN R. FEINSTEIN, M.D., ROBERT G. PETERSDORF, M.D.ALVAN R. FEINSTEIN, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ROBERT G. PETERSDORF, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-44-5-925 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn a previous paper1 we discussed the selection and clinical analysis of a series of 394 patients with hyperglobulinemia. The present paper considers the results of liver function tests, serologic tests for syphilis, and bone marrow examination in this group of patients.LIVER FUNCTION TESTSMaterials and MethodsThe laboratory of this hospital routinely performs cephalin-cholesterol flocculation, thymol flocculation, thymol turbidity, and alkaline phosphatase tests on all sera sent to it for "liver function tests," unless otherwise specified by the physician. Bromsulphalein retention is measured whenever the dye has been administered. Other samples are often tested for alkaline phosphatase alone....Bibliography1. FeinsteinPetersdorf ARRG: The clinical significance of hyperglobulinemia. I. Diagnostic implications, Ann. Int. Med. 44: 899-924, 1956. LinkGoogle Scholar2. Hanger FM: The flocculation of cephalin-cholesterol emulsions by pathological sera, Tr. A. Am. Physicians 53: 148, 1938. Google Scholar3. 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