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Combined Oral Contraceptives in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

20051,146 citationsJournal Articlebronze Open Access

Authors

Michelle Petri · Johns Hopkins Medicine

Kenneth Kalunian · University of California, Los Angeles

Jennifer Grossman · University of California, Los Angeles

Bevra H. Hahn · University of California, Los Angeles

Lisa R. Sammaritano · Hospital for Special Surgery

Michael D. Lockshin · Hospital for Special Surgery

Abstract

Our study indicates that oral contraceptives do not increase the risk of flare among women with systemic lupus erythematosus whose disease is stable.

Topics & Keywords

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research Reproductive System and Pregnancy Pregnancy and Medication Impact

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 353, Issue 24, pp. 2550-2558

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa051135

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 15.98

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Joan T. Merrill · Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

H. Michael Belmont · Bellevue Hospital Center

Anca Askanase · New York University

W. Joseph McCune · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Michelene Hearth-Holmes · Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport

Mary Anne Dooley · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Joan Von Feldt · University of Pennsylvania

John C. Davis · University of California, San Francisco

Mary E. Cronin · Medical College of Wisconsin

Lisa Sigler · Johns Hopkins University

Michael Fillius · Johns Hopkins Medicine

Ann Rupel · Bellevue Hospital Center

Frederick Licciardi · Bellevue Hospital Center

Jill P. Buyon · New York University Langone Orthopedic Hospital