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  • Title: Penicillamine-induced ocular myasthenia gravis.
    Author: O'Keefe M, Morley KD, Haining WM, Smith A.
    Journal: Am J Ophthalmol; 1985 Jan 15; 99(1):66-7. PubMed ID: 3966521.
    Abstract:
    Two patients with rheumatoid arthritis (two women, 58 and 62 years old) developed reversible penicillamine-induced ocular myasthenia gravis. Both had the HLA-DR1 antigen, unlike most patients with idiopathic myasthenia gravis who show HLA-DR3, suggesting that penicillamine-induced myasthenia gravis and its idiopathic counterpart occur in patients with different genetic backgrounds. In both cases, cessation of drug treatment led to resolution of the symptoms.
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