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Abdalhamid Sheikhzadeh, MD, FACC, FESC, FASE; Ulrich Schäfer, MD; Armin Schnabel, MD

Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:834-836.

We report a case with typical clinical features of drug-induced lupus erythematosus, together with verrucous endocarditis and pleuropericardial effusion, due to amiodarone treatment. After cessation of amiodarone treatment, the patient recovered completely.

From the Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Lübeck, Lübeck (Drs Sheikhzadeh and Schäfer), and the Clinics for Rheumatology, Bad Bramstedt (Dr Schnabel), Germany.

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