PERIODIC SIALORRHEA

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Attention has been called elsewhere to an assortment of periodic disorders of unknown cause that recur at more or less regularly predictable short intervals, last for years, do not respond to therapy, and do not affect the patient's general health.1The disorders were classified according to their respective outstanding features: fever, abdominalgia, arthralgia, neutropenia, purpura, and edema. It was predicted that interest in the problem and further search would reveal other bizarre examples of periodic disorders to add to the list. The purpose of this paper is to describe such a case and to refer to reports of similar ones published elsewhere. REPORT OF A CASE Mrs. E. P., aged 44, had pain in her shoulders, arms, fingers, and toes in September, 1948. Her case was studied at a hospital, and a diagnosis of arthritis was made. Several teeth were extracted, against her protest, and excessive salivation was noted
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