COLLAGEN DISEASES
Authors: PAUL W. CLOUGH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Editorial1 January 1955COLLAGEN DISEASESPAUL W. CLOUGHPAUL W. CLOUGHSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-42-1-209 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDuring the past decade there has grown up an increasing awareness among the medical profession of the so-called collagen diseases. This was brought about in part by the widespread belief that they are due to allergic reactions of some sort, and thus might be found amenable to more suitable preventive or therapeutic measures. Interest in them was further increased when for a time it seemed that these diseases were all benefited if not cured by the administration of corticotropin or cortisone. As a result the diagnosis has been made or suspected with increasing frequency.The introduction of the term collagen...1 KlempererPollackBaehr PADG: Diffuse collagen disease: Acute disseminated lupus erythematosus and diffuse scleroderma, J. A. M. A. 119: 331-332, 1942. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2 Klemperer P: Pathology of systemic lupus erythematosus, Progress in fundamental medicine, McManus, J. F. A., editor, 1952, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, pages 51-68. Google Scholar3 Klemperer P: The concept of collagen diseases, Am. J. Path. 26: 505-519, 1950. MedlineGoogle Scholar4 Klinge F: Die Eiweissüberempfindlichkeit (Gewebsanaphylaxie) der Gelenke. Experimentelle pathologisch-anatomische Studie zur Pathogenese des Gelenkrheumatismus, Beitr. z. path. Anat. u. z. allg. Path. 83: 185-216, 1929. Google Scholar5 Ehrich WE: Nature of collagen diseases, Am. Heart J. 43: 121-156, 1952. (Detailed critical review) CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6 Miller H: Polyarteritis nodosa, Practitioner 173: 133-139, 1954 (August). MedlineGoogle Scholar7 Klinge F: Der Rheumatismus: pathologisch-anatomische und experimentell-pathologische Tatsachen und ihre Auswertung für das ärztliche Rheumaproblem, Ergebn. d. allg. Path. u. path. Anat. 27: 1-351, 1933. Google Scholar8 Rich AR: Hypersensitivity in disease, Harvey Lectures, Series 42, 106-147, 1946-47. Google Scholar9 Duthie JJ: Rheumatism, collagen and cortisone, Practitioner 173: 125-132, 1954 (August). MedlineGoogle Scholar10 Robb-Smith AH: The concept of the collagen diseases, Practitioner 173: 117-124, 1954 (August). MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCurrent Concepts of the Pathogenesis of the So-Called Collagen DiseasesRHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS: REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (TWELFTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)* Part IICHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH J. BUNIM, M.D., F.A.C.P., WILLIAM S. CLARK, M.D., F.A.C.P., DARRELL C. CRAIN, M.D., F.A.C.P., FELIX E. DEMARTINI, M.D., IVAN F. DUFF, M.D., F.A.C.P., EPHRAIM P. ENGLEMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., DONALD C. GRAHAM, M.D., F.R.C.P. (C), MAX M. MONTGOMERY, M.D., F.A.C.P., BERNARD M. NORCROSS, M.D., F.A.C.P., HOWARD F. POLLEY, MARIAN W. ROPES, M.D., F.A.C.P., EDWARD F. ROSENBERG, M.D., F.A.C.P.Der viscerale Lupus erythematosus (Kaposi-Libman-Sacks-Syndrom) 1 January 1955Volume 42, Issue 1Page: 209-213KeywordsAdrenocorticotropic hormoneAllergy and immunologyCollagen diseases Issue Published: 1 January 1955 PDF downloadLoading ...