Kind P, Goerz G, Gleichmann E, Plewig G
Universitäts-Hautklinik Düsseldorf.
Hautarzt. 1987 Sep;38(9):548-52.
D-Penicillamine is effective in the treatment of Wilson's disease, cystinuria and rheumatoid arthritis. However, it may have adverse side-effects by inducing a spectrum of diseases such as myasthenia gravis, lupus-like disease, IgA deficiency and pemphigus vulgaris. A case of D-penicillamine-induced pemphigus is presented. The clinical aspects, pathogenesis, immunology and therapy of D-penicillamine-induced diseases are discussed.
