A Case of Tropical Eosinophilia Developing Agranulocytic Angina during Arsenical Therapy

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  • R. N. Chaudhuri
  • M. N. Rai Chaudhuri
چکیده

During 1944, we treated at the Carmichael Hospital for Tropical Diseases 14 patients suffering from tropical eosinophilia with organic arsenicals; of these nine were given intramuscular injections of acetylarsan at intervals of about five days, with satisfactory results, the course being uneventful except in one case which is reported here. This patient developed sensitiveness to the drug and passed into an alarming state of agranulocytic angina.

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دوره 80  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 1945