Tropical Sprue in Haiti
Authors: FREDERICK A. KLIPSTEIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1966)

Article1 March 1966Tropical Sprue in HaitiFREDERICK A. KLIPSTEIN, M.D., I. MICHAEL SAMLOFF, M.D., ERIC A. SCHENK, M.D.FREDERICK A. KLIPSTEIN, M.D., I. MICHAEL SAMLOFF, M.D., ERIC A. SCHENK, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-64-3-575 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe first description of tropical sprue was presented over 2 centuries ago by Hillary from the island of Barbados in the West Indies (1, 2). Since that time, the presence of endemic tropical sprue in the West Indies has been thoroughly documented on the islands of Cuba (3) and Puerto Rico (4, 5); however, the disease is alleged never to have been seen in Jamaica (4) and has not been reported from Haiti or other islands in the Caribbean.A recent nutritional survey by Sebrell and his associates (6) has indicated that a high prevalence of anemia and multiple nutritional...References1. 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SCHENK, M.D.Affiliations: Deschapelles, Haiti, and New York and Rochester, New YorkFrom Hôpital Albert Schweitzer, Deschapelles, Haiti, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and the Francis Delafield Hospital, New York, N. Y., and the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, N. Y.This work was supported in part by a grant from the Williams-Waterman Fund for the Combat of Dietary Diseases, New York, N. Y., and grants HE 060089 and CA-02332, U. S. Public Health Service, Bethesda, Md.Dr. Schenk is an Advanced Research Fellow (64 AF) of the American Heart Association, and Dr. Samloff has an Advanced Clinical Fellowship (67) from the American Cancer Society.This study was presented in part at the Eastern Section Meeting of the American Federation for Clinical Research, New York, N. Y., December 4, 1965.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Frederick A. Klipstein, M.D., Francis Delafield Hospital, 99 Fort Washington Ave., New York, N. 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