Oral contraceptives and the risk of focal nodular hyperplasia of the liver: A case-control study

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 195-197

  Scalori, Astrid ^a   Tavani, Alessandra ^b   Gallus, Silvano ^b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b,c   Colombo, Massimo ^a  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c Istituto Di Statistica Medica E Biometria Di Milano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Hormones; Liver focal nodular hyperplasia; Oral contraceptives; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER HYPERPLASIA; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0036175707     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2002.120277     Document Type: Article

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