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FELIX L. PEARL, M.D.; ALFRED KANDEL, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1939;39(1):86-96.

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The relation between diabetes and the occurrence of peripheral occlusive arterial disease has been the subject of a voluminous literature. It is not our purpose to review the many articles on this subject. It is sufficient to point out the existence of a number of conflicting opinions which are difficult to correlate.

There are those who hold that there is a definite causal relation between diabetes and peripheral arterial disease. Hallock¹ stated: "The diabetic state either initiates early or accelerates the development of premature arteriosclerosis in the young adult." One finds statements such as that of Ruprecht:² "As a general rule, regardless of the youth of the patient, a diabetes of 5 years or more duration will produce arteriosclerosis." Others consider that the increase of arterioclerosis in diabetic persons is due to neglect of diabetic treatment. Bowen,³ on the basis of roentgenologic studies of extremities over a . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Clinic of Sympathetic and Vascular Surgery, Mount Zion Hospital.

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