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Recovery from Acute Infantile Non‐lipoid Reticulo‐endotheliosis (?Letterer‐Siwe Disease)
Author(s) -
LIGHTWOOD REGINALD,
TIZARD J. P. M.
Publication year - 1954
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1954.tb15491.x
Subject(s) - medicine , spleen , disease , lymph , pathology , dermatology
Summary 1. A case of non‐lipoid reticulo‐endotheliosis involving lymph glands, bones and probably liver and spleen in a 5½ month boy is describes. The boy made a complete recovery which did not seem to have been influenced by treatment. He is now nearly 7 years old and is well. 3. At no time did his identical twin exhibit any symptoms of the disease.