[New aspects of drug induced lupus erythematosus (author's transl)].

Approximately 8% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus have drug induced disease. Many drugs are associated with lupus erythematosus-like syndrom (Chart 1). It is also a well known fact that the administration of other drugs may exacerbate corticoid treated systemic lupus erythematosus (Chart 2). This report illustrates that it is obvious that we must learn the relationship of diseases and the drugs which induce antinuclear antibodies.