title: Sex hormones and systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: The role of estrogen, prolactin, pregnancy and androgen (including DHEA) in SLE is reviewed. A comlex interaction of multiple sex hormones is involved in SLE.
authors.affiliation: Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21093, USA. mpetri@jhmi.edu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petri
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003267:Contraception / Q000009:adverse effects; D004967:Estrogens / Q000276:immunology; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000276:immunology*; D020249:Hormone Replacement Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones