Procainamide-induced lupus in the elderly.

Hosp Pract (Off Ed)

Department of Medicine, St. John's Queens Hospital, Elmhurst, N.Y.

Published: June 1993

The usual aids to diagnosis--such as symptoms and antinuclear antibodies--do not reliably distinguish this important entity from idiopathic SLE. Age, sex, and antibody type are often clues, but in some cases, only time and clinical course will tell.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/21548331.1993.11442808DOI Listing

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