The drug-induced lupus erythematodes syndrome is a heterogeneous group of exogenically caused transitory autoimmunopathies . Essential knowledge has been got concerning the pathomechanism of the syndromes evoked by hydralazine, procainamide, diphenylhydantoin and Venopyronum . Though there are analogies to the systemic lupus erythematosus, we must take into consideration a diversity of diseases. Antibodies against histone have a certain diagnostic as well as pathogenetic relevance.
U Wollina. Drug-induced lupus erythematosus syndrome. Pathogenesis and relation to systemic lupus erythematosus]. Zeitschrift für die gesamte innere Medizin und ihre Grenzgebiete. 1984 Mar 1;39(5):69-73
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