Hypersensitivity and Rheumatic Fever

Article1 September 1954HYPERSENSITIVITY AND RHEUMATIC FEVERJERRY K. AIKAWA, M.D.JERRY K. AIKAWA, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-41-3-576 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPART IHYPERSENSITIVITY1. Basic concepts of hypersensitivity.2. Recent studies on antigen.a. The kinetics of antigen in the body.b. Histologic localization of antigen with fluorescent antibody.c. The subcellular localization of antigen.3. Studies on antibody.a. The sites of antibody formation.b. The rôle of the plasma cell in antibody formation.4. Experimental hypersensitivity.a. Quantitative studies of the antigen-antibody reaction.b. The abnormal physiology of an in vivo antigen-antibody reaction.c. Immunophysiology.d. Pathogenesis of the histologic lesions in sensitized animals.e. The rôle of the adrenal gland.5. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Denver, Colorado*Received for publication December 22, 1953.From the Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver.Investigations which form the basis for some of this paper were supported in part by grants-in-aid from the American Heart Association and in part by a contract between the Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest College, Winston-Salem, N. C., and the U. S. Atomic Energy Commission. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byExperimental studies in rheumatic feverErkrankungen des EndokardHerz- und Kreislaufstörungen bei InfektionskrankheitenHerz- und Kreislaufstörungen bei InfektionskrankheitenEtiology and pathogenesis of syndromes associated with periarteritis nodosa lesionsRHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS: REVIEW OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LITERATURE OF RECENT YEARS (TWELFTH RHEUMATISM REVIEW)* Part IICHARLEY J. SMYTH, M.D., F.A.C.P., JOSEPH J. 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