TY - JOUR T1 - THe plasma proteins. AU - Routh JI Y1 - 1959/07/01 N1 - 10.1001/archinte.1959.00270070176038 JO - A.M.A. Archives of Internal Medicine SP - 174 EP - 174 VL - 104 IS - 1 N2 - A tremendous series of papers concerning the nature, properties, methods of determination, and clinical significance of the plasma proteins has accumulated during the past twenty years. Several review articles have described changes in plasma and serum proteins in disease. The present monograph is an attempt to bring together as many of the facts as possible dealing with the clinical significance of the plasma proteins. Within the limits of size and scope, it should be of value to physicians, interns, and students. By the elimination of specific details of methodology and of references to the literature, the author has been enabled to condense considerable information in this small volume. Variations in albumin, fibrinogen, and globulin components in a multitude of diseases have been described. The role of each of the plasma protein components in closely related diseases has been rather thoroughly explored. The major shortcoming of the book, which is readily SN - 0888-2479 M3 - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1959.00270070176038 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1959.00270070176038 ER -