Lupus erythematosus. Are residential insecticides exposure the missing link?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 590-593

  Fortes, Cristina ^a  

^a LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; INSECTICIDE; NATURAL PRODUCT; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PERMETHRIN; PESTICIDE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PYRETHROID; SEX HORMONE;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESTRADIOL CONGENERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; PYRETHRINS;

EID: 77958493756     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.07.041     Document Type: Article

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