New onset systemic lupus erythematosus in a transgender man: Possible role of feminizing sex hormones

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-30

  Santos Ocampo, Alberto S ^a,b  

^a STRAUB CLINIC AND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Sex hormones; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMINIZATION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOASSAY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; PROTEINURIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; FEMINIZATION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE;

EID: 33846811360     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000256169.05087.ad     Document Type: Article

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