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ISADORE ROSEN, M.D.; FRANCES KRASNOW, Ph.D.

Arch Derm Syphilol. 1929;20(1):75-82.

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Variations in the cholesterol content of the blood in syphilis have been the subject of interesting research by Pighini,¹ Henes² and others.³ All these data are valuable, but they are few. In order to be able to make a more definite deduction, we have undertaken to examine this problem in greater detail.

There are a number of procedures for the determination of cholesterol.⁴ Of these, we chose that recommended by Myers and Wardell.⁵ With a few modifications, it became comparatively simple to handle about a hundred determinations a day. The details of the technic are described in a paper received for publication by the Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine.

Thus equipped, we set out to determine the cholesterol content of normal blood, for without it no deductions could be made regarding pathologic variations. None of the values recorded in the literature could be used, . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Department of Dermatology and Syphilology, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital and the Laboratory of Biological Chemistry College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication, Dec. 14, 1928.

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