{"title":"Retinitis pigmentosa and discoid lupus erythematosus.","authors":"H Desatnik, I Ashkenazi, L Regenbogen","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 41 year old male is presented who suffers from both advanced retinitis pigmentosa and active discoid lupus erthematosus. A possible association between the two pigmenting disorders is discussed as well as the treatment of the discoid lupus with potentially retinotoxic hydroxychloroquine.</p>","PeriodicalId":77261,"journal":{"name":"Metabolic, pediatric, and systemic ophthalmology (New York, N.Y. : 1985)","volume":"15 1-3","pages":"9-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1992-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Metabolic, pediatric, and systemic ophthalmology (New York, N.Y. : 1985)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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A 41 year old male is presented who suffers from both advanced retinitis pigmentosa and active discoid lupus erthematosus. A possible association between the two pigmenting disorders is discussed as well as the treatment of the discoid lupus with potentially retinotoxic hydroxychloroquine.