Buerger's Disease Retrieved
Authors: ORVILLE HORWITZ
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1961)

Editorials1 August 1961Buerger's Disease RetrievedORVILLE HORWITZ, M.D., F.A.C.P.ORVILLE HORWITZ, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-55-2-341 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAs I was goingup the stairI met a manwho wasn't there.I met him thereagain today.I wish, I wish he'dstay away.—Hughes Mearnsfrom "The Psychoed" (1899)Dr. Wessler's editorial in the February 1961 issue ofCirculation(1), "Thromboangiitis Obliterans: Fact or Fancy," in which he brings forth his arguments in favor of "Fancy," deserves a response. Much of this editorial is based on an article, by himself and others, which appeared in the July 9 issue of theNew England Journal of Medicine(2). This in turn was based to a considerable extent...References1. WESSLER S: Thromboangiitis obliterans: fact or fancy. Circulation 23: 165, 1961. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. WESSLERMINGGUREWICHFREIMAN SSVDG: A critical evaluation of thromboangiitis obliterans. The case against Buerger's disease. New Engl. J. Med. 262: 1149, 1960. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. MCKUSICKHARRIS VAWS: Buerger syndrome in the Orient. Lancet 1: 1117, 1961. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. SILBERT S: Etiology of thromboangiitis obliterans. J. A. M. A. 129: 5, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. GERTLERWHITE MMPD: Coronary Heart Disease in Young Adults, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1954. Google Scholar6. HORWITZBARTOLETSACHS OTLML: Unpublished data. Google Scholar7. LAWRYMANNPETERSONWYSOCKIO'CONNELLSTARE EYGVAAPRFJ: Cholesterol and beta-lipoproteins in the serum of Americans: well persons and those with coronary heart disease. Amer. J. Med. 22: 605, 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: ORVILLE HORWITZ, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 3400 Spruce Street Philadelphia 4, Penna. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThromboangiitis ObliteransThromboangiitis ObliteransHaematological differences between thromboangiitis obliterans and atherosclerosisDecrease in prevalence of Buerger's disease in JapanPattern of Occlusive Peripheral Vascular Disease in IndiaThromboangitis Obliterans: A Clinical Study with Special Emphasis on Venous InvolvementBuerger's SyndromeThe Entity of Buerger's DiseaseKlinik der peripheren arteriellen Durchblutungsstörungen'The Vital Rubber'Recent views on Buerger's diseaseBuerger's Disease RevisitedSome Hematologic Differences Between Thromboangiitis Obliterans and AtherosclerosisThromboangiitis obliteransThromboangiitis obliterans.Etiologic Considerations in Peripheral Vascular Diseases of the Lower Extremity with Special Reference to Diabetes MellitusBuerger's disease in IsraelThe epidemiology of aortic and peripheral atherosclerosisThromboangiitis Obliterans and Arteriosclerosis Obliterans Clinical and Prognostic DifferencesJAMES R. MCPHERSON, M.D., JOHN L. JUERGENS, M.D., RAY W. GIFFORD JR., M.D.Thromboangiitis obliterans: A true clinical entityOcclusive Arterial Disease in Extremities, with Special Reference to Buerger's DiseaseForschungsgeschichte, Forschungsstand, Forschungsaufgaben 1 August 1961Volume 55, Issue 2 Page: 341-344 ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1961 PDF downloadLoading ...