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Letterer-Siwe disease

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A case is presented of a patient with Letterer-Siwe disease who manifested features of primary liver disease upon admission. A brief review of the reticuloendothelioses is also given.

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  1. Emmett L. Kehoe Col., MC

    Present address: San Francisco General Hospital, USA

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  1. From the Gastroenterology Service, Walter Reed General Hospital, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and the George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington. D. C.

    Emmett L. Kehoe Col., MC

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This material has been reviewed by the Office of The Surgeon General, Department of the Army, and there is no objection to its presentation and/or publication. This review does not imply any endorsement of the opinions advanced, or any recommendation of such products as may be named.

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Kehoe, E.L. Letterer-Siwe disease. Digest Dis Sci 9, 151–159 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02243520

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