Abnormal Leukocyte Response in Alcoholism
Authors: WILLIAM MCFARLAND
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1963)

Article1 December 1963Abnormal Leukocyte Response in AlcoholismWILLIAM MCFARLAND, M.D., F.A.C.P., EUGENE P. LIBRE, M.D.WILLIAM MCFARLAND, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, EUGENE P. LIBRE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-59-6-865 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHematologic abnormalities are well-recognized in cirrhosis of the liver and studies to elucidate the cause usually incriminate the advanced liver disease and secondary splenomegaly with resultant hypersplenism. Recently, however, studies have suggested that liver disease and hypersplenism may not be essential etiologic factors. In a group of alcoholic patients studied by Jandl (1), the hematologic findings in two patients led him to suspect a direct suppression of the bone marrow by alcohol. 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C.Supported by grant AM-07907 from the United States Public Health Service, Bethesda, Maryland.Dr. Libre is a postdoctoral Fellow in Hematology, United States Public Health Service, Bethesda, Maryland.Requests for reprints should be addressed to William McFarland, M.D., Hematology Section, Veterans Administration Hospital, 2650 Wisconsin Avenue Northwest, Washington 7, D. C. 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