Gold salts, in rheumatoid arthritis

Hakala M, van Assendeht AH, Ilonen J, Jalava S, Tiilikainen A. Association of different HLA antigens with various toxic effects of gold salts in rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 1986 45(3) 177-82. 

The purpose of this volume is to survey the pharmacological uses of transition metal complexes and demonstrate the wide variety and applicability of these systems. Pharmacology in this sense includes aspects of both chemotherapy and pharmacodynamics [1], Main group complexes will not be reviewed but much information on these systems is contained in the volume Organometallic Compounds and Living Organisms [2]. The use of platinum salts in cancer, gold salts in rheumatoid arthritis, silver salts as topical antibacterials, and a simple iron complex in heart disease is witness to this diversity. 

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