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Patients with drug-induced lupus may present with serositis (See Vd). Review at PMID 20015613. Compendium of 118 drugs causing lupus from the Who Phamacovigilance Database available at PMID 30793701. A few drugs (Penicillamine, IFN, anti-TNF agents) can cause +ds-DNA lupus. Drug withdrawal is followed by abatement of signs, symptoms and diminution or disappearance of anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA). See also under Vd.

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Arnaud L, Mertz P, Gavand PE, Martin T, Chasset F, Tebacher-Alt M, Lambert A, Muller C, Sibilia J, Lebrun-Vignes B, Salem JE

Drug-induced systemic lupus: revisiting the ever-changing spectrum of the disease using the WHO pharmacovigilance database.

Annals of the rheumatic diseases 2019 04;78;504-508 — 2019 04 — 504-508