PEDIATRICS Vol. 12 No. 4 October 1953, pp. 358-367
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HYPERTENSIVE PHASE OF ACUTE NEPHRITIS

Specific Therapy with a Derivative of Veratrum Viride

STEPHEN W. ROYCE M.D.1

1 The Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California School of Medicine, the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles County Hospital, Los Angeles.

The hypertensive phase of acute nephritis remains crucial and difficult to control. In a small series of cases prompt remission of hypertension and accompanying complications occurred following the use of a derivative of veratrum viride.

Submitted on May 1, 1953