D-PENICILLAMINE-INDUCED MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS IN A CASE OF EOSINOPHILIC FASCIITIS

Authors
KATO Y NAITO Y NARITA Y KUZUHARA S
Citation
Y. Kato et al., D-PENICILLAMINE-INDUCED MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS IN A CASE OF EOSINOPHILIC FASCIITIS, Journal of the neurological sciences, 146(1), 1997, pp. 85-86
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences
Journal title
Journal of the neurological sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
0022510X
Volume
146
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
85 - 86
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-510X(1997)146:1<85:DMIACO>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A 54-year-old woman who had been treated with D-penicillamine (a daily dose of 100-200 mg for 299 days, total 51.8 g) for eosinophilic fasci itis developed myasthenia gravis associated with an elevated titre of anti-acetylcholine receptor antibody. The patient fully recovered in 6 months after withdrawal of D-penicillamine. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.