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3. Accepted 12,1980
4. The polycystic ovary syndrome;SSC, I.Yen;Clin Endocrinol,1980
5. Pemphigus is an autoimmune disease in which disease-specific autoantibodies, and complement, bind to the intercellular material of epidermis. It may be associated with other autoimmune disorders. Some drugs, notably penicillamine and rifampicin, can apparently precipitate pemphigus, clinically and immunologically indistinguishable from pemphigus vulgaris, but clearing, sometimes only slowly, when the drug is discontinued. Had the patient who attributes his pemphigus to exposure to a herbicide containing dioxin recovered spontaneously after a few weeks or months, the possible link with the chemical would at least have been worth investigating, but as the pemphigus has continued