THE IRON CONTENT OF THE SKIN IN HEMOCHROMATOSIS

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Article1 April 1942THE IRON CONTENT OF THE SKIN IN HEMOCHROMATOSISHAROLD J. MAGNUSON, M.D., B. O. RAULSTON, M.D., F.A.C.P.HAROLD J. MAGNUSON, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, B. O. RAULSTON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-16-4-687 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptQuantitative estimations of the iron content of skin taken from patients who have hemochromatosis have been and are exceedingly rare. Sheldon1in his review of world literature in 1935 was able to find only two such analyses, and the results of these were at great variance with each other. Muir and Shaw Dunn2found an iron content of 0.188 per cent of the dry weight of the skin, while Loeper, Ravier, and Lesure3reported 1.15 per cent of the dry weight as iron. In view of these discrepancies the following report is considered to be of sufficient interest and importance...Bibliography1. SHELDON JH: Haemochromatosis, 1935, Oxford University Press, London. Google Scholar2. MUIRSHAW DUNN RJ: The iron content of the organs in bronzed diabetes, Jr. Path. and Bact., 1914, xix, 226-238. Google Scholar3. LOEPERRAVIERLESURE MJA: Les deux pigments du diabète bronze, Progrès méd., 1928, lv, 1461-1462. Google Scholar4. CHOLAKSTORY JRV: Spectroscopic analysis of biological material, Ind. and Eng. Chem., 1938, x, 619-622. Google Scholar5. HORSTERS H: Uber den Eisengehalt der Organe bei Ikterus, Arch. f. exper. Path. u. Pharmakol., 1930, clii, 198-209. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. MONTGOMERYO'LEARY HPA: Pigmentation of the skin in Addison's disease, acanthosis nigricans, and haemochromatosis, Arch. Dermat. and Syph., 1930, xxi, 970-984. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. JOHNS HJ: Haemochromatosis without pigmentation of the skin: resistance to protamine zinc insulin, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1939, cxii, 2272-2273. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Los Angeles, California*Received for publication October 28, 1940.From the Department of Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, and the Los Angeles County Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byEpidermal iron metabolism for iron salvageIron in Skin of Mice with Three Etiologies of Systemic Iron OverloadIron in skin biopsiesAblagerungskrankheiten körpereigener StoffwechselproduktePHLEBOTOMY FOR HÆMOCHROMATOSIS EFFECT OF REMOVING 52 PINTS OF BLOOD IN SIXTEEN MONTHS 1 April 1942Volume 16, Issue 4Page: 687-693KeywordsAutopsyBiopsyHemochromatosisHospital medicine ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1942 PDF downloadLoading ...