RT Journal
A1 Kaplan H
T1 VIstas in connective tissue diseases.
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 1969
FD August 1
VO 124
IS 2
SP 249
OP 249
DO 10.1001/archinte.1969.00300180121022
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1969.00300180121022
AB Any monograph that clearly defines "complement" and "immunoglobulins" within 261 pages can't be all bad! In this group of 11 articles, we are guided through basic concepts of tissue inflammation, initiated into the immunoglobulins and their biological implications, and told in some detail that complement really exists and is alive and well, playing a vital role in human disease.At times the tour is a bit hurried and presupposes more basic information than may be possessed by the "interested but uninitiated young physicians" at whom the book is directed. But the stated intent to excite these young physicians is nonetheless accomplished. Numerous suggestions for further laboratory investigations will stimulate the basic scientist. For the clinician, the practical application of the newly acquired, and at times seemingly esoteric, laboratory data is outlined in each section.The highlight of the "clinical" section is McCarty's intimate revelation of his romance with the urate