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BERNARD BENJAMIN, M.D.; SYLVIA M. WARD, A.B.

Am J Dis Child. 1932;44(5):921-963.

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The precise nature of the leukocytic reactions during measles still remains a subject concerning which there are surprising differences of opinion. Although it is generally held that a leukocytosis is present during the incubation period, followed as a rule by a leukopenia during the acute febrile stage,¹ there is a lack of agreement regarding the changes in the differential count. It was early pointed out by several investigators² that the fall in the blood count was due chiefly to a diminution in the number of lymphocytes. Diametrically opposed to this finding, however, have been the reports of a lymphocytosis occurring simultaneously with the rash.³ Moreover, it has been maintained⁴ that variations in the number of polymorphonuclear cells principally account for the leukocytosis or the leukopenia observed in the different phases of the disease. More recent workers,⁵ on the other hand, have laid great stress on . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.

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