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Case Reports
. 1990 Sep;10(3):201-5.

Penicillamine-induced ocular myasthenia gravis in rheumatoid arthritis

G T Liu  1 , D C Bienfang
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  • PMID: 2144538
Case Reports

Penicillamine-induced ocular myasthenia gravis in rheumatoid arthritis

G T Liu et al. J Clin Neuroophthalmol. 1990 Sep.

Abstract

We report a case of a 47-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis who developed ocular myasthenia gravis during penicillamine treatment. Her serum contained elevated titers of acetylcholine receptor antibodies, and her symptoms resolved 8 weeks after discontinuation of penicillamine. We review the clinical and laboratory features of this syndrome of penicillamine-induced myasthenia gravis and discuss its pathophysiology and treatment.

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