Association Between Oral Contraceptives And Increased Risk Of Lupus

April 13, 2009 by admin 

The ratio of women to men with the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is nine to one and the incidence increases after puberty. Hormones secreted by the body are therefore believed to play an important role in the origins of the disease. A new large, population-based observational study found that the use of oral contraceptives was associated with an increased risk of SLE, particularly among women who had recently started taking them.

Source: Association Between Oral Contraceptives And Increased Risk Of Lupus

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