SOME CLINICAL STUDIES OF ACUTE HEPATITIS OCCURRING IN SOLDIERS AFTER INOCULATION WITH YELLOW FEVER VACCINE; WITH ESPECIAL CONSIDERATION OF SEVERE ATTACKS
Authors: Roy H. Turner, John Robert Snavely, Edward B. Grossman, Robert N. Buchanan, Stuart O. Foster
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Article1 February 1944SOME CLINICAL STUDIES OF ACUTE HEPATITIS OCCURRING IN SOLDIERS AFTER INOCULATION WITH YELLOW FEVER VACCINE; WITH ESPECIAL CONSIDERATION OF SEVERE ATTACKSROY H. TURNER, JOHN ROBERT SNAVELY, EDWARD B. GROSSMAN, ROBERT N. BUCHANAN, STUART O. FOSTER, F.A.C.P.ROY H. TURNERSearch for more papers by this author, JOHN ROBERT SNAVELYSearch for more papers by this author, EDWARD B. GROSSMANSearch for more papers by this author, ROBERT N. BUCHANANSearch for more papers by this author, STUART O. FOSTER, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-20-2-193 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe data upon which this report is based were gathered by the five authors while on assignment by the Professional Service Division of the Office of The Surgeon General of the Army. The regular staffs of the four hospitals§in which the observations were made were generous in their assistance. The opportunities for clinical studies at Camp Polk, Louisiana, were unusual owing to the size of the epidemic and to the number of patients with severe hepatitis. Furthermore, hepatitis at Camp Polk was the result of the use of only one lot of yellow fever vaccine, number 369. This highly...Bibliography1. LAWSON RB: Treatment of hypoprothrombinemia (hemorrhagic disease) of the newborn infant, Jr. Pediat., 1941, xviii, 224-234. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. CAMPBELLHANNA WRMI: The albumin, globulins, and fibrinogen of serum and plasma, Jr. Biol. Chem., 1937, cxix, 15-33. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. CULLENVAN SLYKE GEDD: Determination of the fibrin, globulin, and albumin nitrogen of blood plasma, Jr. Biol. Chem., 1920, xli, 587-597. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. 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