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QJM 2005 98(3):232-234; doi:10.1093/qjmed/hci031
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Norethisterone-induced cholestasis

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Sir,

Combination oral contraceptive steroids are (rarely) associated with cholestasis that resembles intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy. The incidence of cholestasis due to oral contraceptive steroids is approximately 1:10 000 women exposed in Western Europe, but as high as 1:4000 women exposed in Chile and Scandinavia.1 The oestrogenic component of the combined oral contraceptive pill is believed to be responsible. However, we report two cases of cholestasis induced by norethisterone, a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

V. Anand and D.A. Gorard

Wycombe Hospital High Wycombe UK e-mail: david.gorard@sbucks.nhs.uk


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