The effect of penicillamine on growth as height in juvenile chronic polyarthritis.
When the disease state improves during penicillamine therapy, resumption of growth occurs; if activity persists despite therapy, the expected fall-off in growth due to active Still's disease continues. Penicillamine does not interfere with the growth spurt after withdrawal of corticosteroid therapy or with the maintained slow growth during alternate-day steroid therapy.
D001171:Arthritis, Juvenile / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006130:Growth Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010396:Penicillamine / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use
D010396:Penicillamine