LIVER FUNCTION IN RHEUMATOID (CHRONIC INFECTIOUS) ARTHRITIS; PRELIMINARY REPORT
Authors: William B. Rawls, Samuel Weiss, Vera L. Collins
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1937)

Article1 January 1937LIVER FUNCTION IN RHEUMATOID (CHRONIC INFECTIOUS) ARTHRITIS; PRELIMINARY REPORTWILLIAM B. RAWLS, M.D., F.A.C.P., SAMUEL WEISS, M.D., F.A.C.P., VERA L. COLLINS, M.D.WILLIAM B. RAWLS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, SAMUEL WEISS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, VERA L. COLLINS, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-10-7-1021 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDuring the past few years, much interest has been focused on the subject of decreased dextrose tolerance in acute infectious diseases. Williams and Dick1 found a decreased tolerance in 41 per cent of patients and they also found a similar disturbance in carbohydrate metabolism in experimentally induced toxemia in animals. Their paper contains an excellent review of the literature.Two explanations have been offered for the "diabetic" type of dextrose tolerance curves obtained in these conditions. Some authors1, 2, 3ascribe it to lack of endogenous insulin caused by the functional impairment of the islets of Langerhans, while others4, 5,...References1. WILLIAMSDICK JLGF: Decreased dextrose tolerance in acute infectious diseases, Arch. Int. Med., 1932, l, 801. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. SWEENEYLACKEY JSRW: The effect of toxemia on tolerance for dextrose, Arch. Int. Med., 1928, xli, 257. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. SWEENEY JS: Effect of toxemia on the tolerance for dextrose and on the action of insulin, Arch. Int. Med., 1928, xli, 420. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. LAWRENCEBUCKLEY RDMB: The inhibition of insulin action by toxaemias and its explanation: I. The effect of diphtheria toxin on blood sugar and insulin action in rabbits, Brit. Jr. Exper. Path., 1927, viii, 58. Google Scholar5. 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