title: Facial palsy and partial accommodative insufficiency associated with sulphasalazine treatment in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis.
abstract: We report on a patient with peripheral facial nerve palsy and blurred near vision in association with sulphasalazine treatment. The possibility of this being an adverse reaction to sulphasalazine is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, University of Tromsø, University Hospital of Tromsø, Norway.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Magnus
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Elverland
authors.forename: E G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Husby
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular / Q000187:drug effects*; D000328:Adult; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012460:Sulfasalazine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced*
chemical_list: D012460:Sulfasalazine