Familial Glycosuria. Report of a Large Family.
Authors: HAROLD M. BOWCOCK
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1929)

Article1 March 1929Familial Glycosuria. Report of a Large Family.HAROLD M. BOWCOCK, M.D.HAROLD M. BOWCOCK, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-2-9-923 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe familial occurrence of glycosuria is attracting increasing interest and families displaying this symptom in several members deserve special study. Joslin (1) records a family in which twelve brothers and sisters, and two children are thought to have had diabetes. He reports a Jewish family, eight members of which had diabetes. Landis (2) reports a diabetic family in which the disease was present in the five blonde but not in the four brunette children of a diabetic mother. These are striking examples of families in which all of the individuals showing glycosuria are sufferers from diabetes.Additional large families have...References(1) JOSLIN EP: The treatment of diabetes mellitus. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, 4th Ed., 1928, p. 144. Google Scholar(2) LANDIS : Trans. Assn. Am. Phys. 36, 293, 1921. Google Scholar(3) HOLST JE: Occurrence of benign glycosuria in diabetic families. Arch. Int. Med. 38, 279, Sept. 1926. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(4) HATLEHOL R: Blood sugar studies. Acta Med. Scandinav., 1924, Supplement 8. Google Scholar(5) MALMROS H: A study of glycosuria with special reference to the interpretation of the incidental finding of a positive reduction test. Acta Med. Scandinav., Sup. 27, 1928, p. 203. Google Scholar(6) MOSENTHAL HO: Interpretation of glucose tolerance tests. M. Clinics N. Amer. 9:549, Nov. 1925. Google Scholar(7) JONAS L: Non-diabetic glycosuria. M. Clinics N. Amer. 10:367, Sept. 1926. Google Scholar(8) FABER K: Benign glycosuria as a result of disturbance in blood regulation. Ugesk f. Laeger 88:731, Aug. 12, 1926. Abstract, Jour. Amer. Med. Assn., 87, 1784, Nov. 20, 1926. Google Scholar(9) PAULLIN JE: Glucose utilization in renal glycosuria. Arch. Int. Med. 37:88, (Jan.) 1926. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(10) BOWCOCKGREENE HMEH: Observations in a case of renal glycosuria during and after pregnancy. Jour. Am. Med. Assn., 90:502, Feb. 18, 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(11) CAMPBELL WR: Diabetes Innocens. Jour. Am. Med. Assn., 82, 1990, June 14, 1924. Google Scholar(12) VOGELENZANG P: Combination of diabetes mellitus and renal glycosuria Nederland, Tydschr. v. Geneskunde, 69, 446, July 25, 1925. Google Scholar(13) PARSONS E: Benign glycosuria with hyperglycemia. Boston Med. and Surg. Jour., 195, 660, Sept. 30, 1926. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(14) HOLST JE: loc. cit., p. 288, case 6. Google Scholar(15) MALMROS H: loc. cit., p. 206. Google Scholar(16) PAULLINBOWCOCK JEHM: Glycosuria, to appear Mar. 1928 in Med. Clinics of N. Amer. Google Scholar(17) MALMROS H: loc. cit., p. 293. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: HAROLD M. BOWCOCK, M.D.Affiliations: Atlanta, Georgia*Hjärne (Acta Med. Scandinav. 67, p. 422, quoted by Malmros) studied 199 members of a family and found glycosuria in 41 members. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 March 1929Volume 2, Issue 9Page: 923-931KeywordsChildren ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 March 1929 PDF downloadLoading ...