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GUILLAIN‐BARRE SYNDROME AND PEMPHIGUS FOLIACEUS ASSOCIATED WITH D‐PENICILLAMINE THERAPY
Author(s) -
KNEZEVIC W.,
MASTAGLIA F. L.,
QUINTNER J.,
ZILKO P. J.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1984.tb03586.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pemphigus foliaceus , penicillamine , guillain barre syndrome , dermatology , immunology , autoantibody , antibody
The Guillain‐Barre syndrome and pemphigus foliaceus occurred simultaneously in a patient on long‐term treatment with D‐penicillamine. It is proposed that both conditions may have developed as a result of a disturbance of immunoregulation caused by D‐penicillamine.