Neurologic Complications of Polycythemia
Authors: ALLEN SILVERSTEIN
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1962)

Article1 December 1962Neurologic Complications of PolycythemiaALLEN SILVERSTEIN, M.D., HARRIET GILBERT, M.D., LOUIS R. WASSERMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.ALLEN SILVERSTEIN, M.D., HARRIET GILBERT, M.D., LOUIS R. WASSERMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-57-6-909 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptNeurologic manifestations occur frequently in polycythemia. The present study reports the neurologic signs and symptoms observed in 511 patients with polycythemia and reviews certain problems of polycythemia which may be of interest to the neurologist. Because symptoms referable to the nervous system are common in this disorder, and because the neurologic signs are sometimes dramatic, several similar reports and reviews of smaller series of patients have already appeared (1-12).MATERIALS AND METHODSThe 511 patients with polycythemia were either hospitalized at The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, or treated by members of the hematology department. The material on the hospitalized...References1. CHRISTIAN HA: The nervous symptoms of polycythemia vera. Amer. J. Med. Sci. 154: 547, 1917. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. BROCKBANK TW: Neurologic aspects of polycythemia vera. Amer. J. Med. Sci. 178: 209, 1929. Google Scholar3. SLOAN LH: Polycythemia rubra vera: neurologic complications. Arch. Neurol. Psychiat. 30: 154, 1933. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. WINKELMANBURNS NWMA: Polycythemia vera and its neuropsychiatric features. J. Nerv. Ment. Dis. 78: 587, 1933. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. 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