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Birth Control Pills Linked to Lupus Risk

Published: 9 April 2009

Women taking birth control pills, especially those who have just started taking them, may face an increased risk of developing the autoimmune disease lupus, a new study suggests. Dr. Samy Suissa of the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology at Jewish General Hospital of McGill led the study and findings are published in the April issue of Arthritis Care & Research.

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