Capillary leak syndrome historical perspective
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-In-Chief: M. Hassan, M.B.B.S
Overview
Overview
Capillary leak syndrome was first described by B. Clarkson in 1960, and was named after him.
Numerous case reports on capillary leak syndrome are published since then.
Between 1960 to 2006, a hundred cases of capillary leak syndrome were reported in the world literature, and additional 26 cases were published since 2006.
Historical perspective
Historical perspective
The syndrome was first described by B. Clarkson in 1960,[1] after whom it was later informally named. Beyond numerous case reports published since then, two comprehensive reviews of clinical and research experience were published in 2010.[2][3]
References
References
- ↑ Clarkson, Bayard; Thompson, David; Horwith, Melvin; Luckey, E.Hugh (1960). “Cyclical edema and shock due to increased capillary permeability”. The American Journal of Medicine. 29 (2): 193–216. doi:10.1016/0002-9343(60)90018-8. PMID 13693909.
- ↑ Druey, Kirk M.; Greipp, Philip R. (2010). “Narrative Review: Clarkson Disease-Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome”. Annals of Internal Medicine. 153 (2): 90–8. doi:10.1059/0003-4819-153-2-201007200-00005. PMC 3017349. PMID 20643990.
- ↑ Kapoor, Prashant; Greipp, Patricia T.; Schaefer, Eric W.; Mandrekar, Sumithra J.; Kamal, Arif H.; Gonzalez-Paz, Natalia C.; Kumar, Shaji; Greipp, Philip R. (2010). “Idiopathic Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome (Clarkson’s Disease): The Mayo Clinic Experience”. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 85 (10): 905–12. doi:10.4065/mcp.2010.0159. PMC 2947962. PMID 20634497.
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