[The action of D-penicillamine on the distribution of T and B-lymphocytes in rheumatoid arthritis].

Comparative study of the numbers of T and B lymphocytes in cases of rheumatoid polyarthritis treated and untreated with D-penicillamine shows that in the untreated subjects the distribution of these two types of lymphocytes is comparable with that in normal subjects and that D-penicillamine does not alter this distribution. This purely quantitative investigation does not rule out the possibility of functional modifications in the cells studied.