DETERMINATION OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN THE BLOOD OF PATIENTS WITH HODGKIN'S DISEASE
Authors: HARRISON F. WOOD
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Article1 April 1958DETERMINATION OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN IN THE BLOOD OF PATIENTS WITH HODGKIN'S DISEASEHARRISON F. WOOD, M.D., HENRY D. DIAMOND, M.D., F.A.C.P., LLOYD F. CRAVER, M.D., F.A.C.P., ELMER PADER, M.D., SAMUEL K. ELSTER, M.D.HARRISON F. WOOD, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, HENRY D. DIAMOND, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, LLOYD F. CRAVER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, ELMER PADER, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, SAMUEL K. ELSTER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-48-4-823 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince the first description of C-reactive protein by Tillett and Francis in 1930, the occurrence of this substance, which is not present in the blood of normal individuals, has been noted by many workers in a wide variety of disorders.1-4The first extensive clinical study of C-reactive protein in a specific disease was that of Anderson and McCarty, who found, in a group of 45 patients with acute rheumatic fever, that the determination for this acute phase protein provided a sensitive and useful index of the activity of the disease process.5Their findings have since been confirmed by other groups,...Bibliography1. TillettFrancis WST: Serological reactions in pneumonia with a non-protein somatic fraction of pneumococcus, J. 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ELSTER, M.D.Affiliations: *Received for publication April 15, 1957.From Irvington House, Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y., the Department of Pediatrics, New York University College of Medicine, the Medical Neoplasia Service, the Memorial Center for Cancer and Allied Diseases, and the Department of Medicine, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, N. Y.†Elsa and William Menke Fellow in Medicine, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, N. Y.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Harrison F. Wood, M.D., Medical Director, Irvington House, Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y. 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