History on the role of hormones and contraceptives in lupus

In this paper we present the diverse events leading up to know in depth the relationship between hormones and lupus, and the authors who participated in this research. We reviewed published articles on the subject since the early twentieth century. We especially count on the birth control pill, how...

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Authors: Peñaranda-Parada É., Fandiño R.M., Rondón-Herrera F., Restrepo-Suárez J.F., Quintana G., Iglesias-Gamarra A.
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2011
Country:Colombia
Institution:Universidad del Rosario
Repository:Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/23069
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0121-8123(11)70059-7
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/23069
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Estrogen
Hormone
Oral contraceptive agent
Testosterone
Article
Disease association
History
Human
Medical literature
Medical research
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Birth control pill
Estrogens
Hormones
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Summary:In this paper we present the diverse events leading up to know in depth the relationship between hormones and lupus, and the authors who participated in this research. We reviewed published articles on the subject since the early twentieth century. We especially count on the birth control pill, how it was discovered and how this interacts with lupus, as well as other hormones. Finally we review the major research being conducted between hormones and lupus © 2011 Asociación Colombiana de Reumatología