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REVIEW OF CASES REPORTED SHOWING ROENTGENOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN BONES AND FIVE ADDITIONAL CASES

LEWIS A. KOCH, M.D.; BENJAMIN SHAPIRO, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1932;44(2):318-335.

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In 1925, Cooley and Lee¹ described five cases of anemia in children having unusual roentgenographic changes in the bones. Since this original description and a later report by the same authors,² much interest has been directed toward this condition. As other cases have been reported, difficulty has arisen in classifying this type of anemia. When Cooley described the peculiar changes in the bones occurring in his first cases, he stated that the anemia was not unlike that described by von Jaksch.⁸ However, it is evident that clinicians continue to differ concerning the indefinite classification of von Jaksch's anemia. Many still apply the term loosely to that form of secondary anemia associated with faulty nutrition and prolonged infections. Since this confusion is so prevalent, it might be well to drop the term von Jaksch's anemia entirely. Cooley believed that his cases represented a form of hemolytic anemia due . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BROOKLYN

From the Department of Pediatrics, the Long Island College of Medicine, and the Long Island College Hospital.

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