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REPORT OF FOUR CASES

H. S. ANDREWS, M.D.; A. J. MILLER, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1935;50(3):673-685.

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Edema of the new-born was described as far back as the seventeenth century. In 1892 Ballantyne¹ presented an excellent dissertation on this disease, and reviewed the literature, from which be collected about sixty cases. Edema with disturbance of the hematopoietic organs was first noticed by Schriddle² in 1910; since then many reports have been published, most of which are in the German literature.

A case probably of icterus gravis was reported in 1873, but the credit for describing the disease as being familial belongs to Pfannenstiel,³ who in 1908 reported two fatal cases and reviewed the literature. Buchan and Comrie⁴ reported the morbid anatomy in five cases found in two families. This report was the first in which nucleated red cells were described.

Rautman⁵ first used the term erythroblastosis to describe the underlying condition found in general edema of the fetus. I. A. Abt⁶ . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
LOUISVILLE, KY.

From the Departments of Pediatrics and Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Louisville.

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