THE RÔLE OF CENTRAL FACTORS IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF RHEUMATIC DISORDERS
Authors: Ralph Pemberton, C. Wesler Scull
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1943)

Article1 September 1943THE RÔLE OF CENTRAL FACTORS IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF RHEUMATIC DISORDERSRALPH PEMBERTON, M.S., M.D., F.A.C.P., C. WESLER SCULL, PH.D.RALPH PEMBERTON, M.S., M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, C. WESLER SCULL, PH.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-19-3-482 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn the course of development of almost any chapter of medicine there are periods when it becomes appropriate and even necessary to correlate the results of various lines of research and experience, with the aim of formulating an hypothesis as to the nature of the processes concerned, and of surveying the possibilities in new lines of approach. The field of arthritis and rheumatoid diseases is no exception to this generalization but has not often been the subject of such attempts. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Received for publication November 6, 1942.From the Department of Rheumatoid Diseases, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, Pennsylvania.The experimental background of this article was made possible by a grant in the name of Frances Alison Poultney. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byRalph Pemberton MD (1877–1949), Pioneer RheumatologistKrankheiten der Knochen, Gelenke und MuskelnDiskussionsbemerkungenPathophysiologie des ACTH und der NebennierenrindeNature of collagen diseasesThe Nature of Fibrositis: III. Multiple Lesions and the Neural HypothesisEPILOGUE TO THE SERIES ENTITLED "THE NATURE OF FIBROSITIS" 1 September 1943Volume 19, Issue 3Page: 482-495KeywordsPathogenesisRheumatoid arthritis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 September 1943 PDF downloadLoading ...