INTERPRETATION OF HEMATOLOGIC AND SEROLOGIC FINDINGS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS
Authors: C E BENDER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Article1 October 1958INTERPRETATION OF HEMATOLOGIC AND SEROLOGIC FINDINGS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSISCHARLES E. BENDER, M.D.CHARLES E. BENDER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-4-852 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptArticles stressing certain rare and preternatural manifestations of infectious mononucleosis continue to occupy a prominent place in the literature of this disease. It is noteworthy that atypical clinical features have not been the only atypical findings in many of these cases. I have been puzzled by cases that have failed to show a lymphocytosis. 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Seattle, Washington*Received for publication October 25, 1957.From the David C. Hall Health Center, University of Washington.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Charles E. Bender, M.D., University of Washington Health Center, Seattle 5, Washington. 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