University of Nebraska Medical Center DigitalCommons@UNMC MD Theses Special Collections 5-1-1934 Primary agranulocytic angina Howard M. Coe University of Nebraska Medical Center This manuscript is historical in nature and may not reflect current medical research and practice. Search PubMed for current research. Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/mdtheses Part of the Medical Education Commons Recommended Citation Coe, Howard M., "Primary agranulocytic angina" (1934). MD Theses. 314. https://digitalcommons.unmc.edu/mdtheses/314 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Collections at DigitalCommons@UNMC. It has been accepted for inclusion in MD Theses by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UNMC. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. ~RlMARY) AGRANULOCYTI C ANGINA by Howard Malin Coe t A.B. Presented to the Faculty of the University of Nebraska in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Medicine From the Medical College University of Nebraska Omaha,Nebraska April 193# PRIMARY AGRANULOCYTI C ANGINA INTRODUCTION Since its original description by Schultz (1) in 1922, agranulocytic angina has come to occupy more and more prominence in the medical field. Today the liter- ature is flooded with a heterogeneous array of case re ports, many theories of etiology, clinical and laboratory manifestations, and biopsy and necropsy findings. Added to this is a confusing terminology, various attempts at classification, diverse forms of treatment, and many arguments both pro and con as to whether or not agranu locytic angina is a disease entity, a group of diseases, or only a symptom complex.