Oral Contraceptives Associated With Increased Risk Of Lupus

Tuesday, April 7, 2009 - 22:35 in Health & Medicine

The ratio of women to men with the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus 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.

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