Oral contraceptives and the liver

Digestion. 1972;7(5):318-35. doi: 10.1159/000197290.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Alanine Transaminase / blood
  • Alkaline Phosphatase / blood
  • Aspartate Aminotransferases / blood
  • Cholestasis / chemically induced
  • Cholestasis / etiology
  • Contraceptives, Oral / adverse effects*
  • Enzyme Induction
  • Ethinyl Estradiol / adverse effects
  • Ethinyl Estradiol / pharmacology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Jaundice / chemically induced
  • Jaundice / enzymology
  • Jaundice / pathology
  • Liver / drug effects*
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver / physiopathology
  • Liver Function Tests
  • Menopause
  • Mestranol / adverse effects
  • Mestranol / pharmacology
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / physiopathology
  • Progestins / adverse effects
  • Progestins / pharmacology
  • Pruritus / etiology
  • Recurrence
  • Structure-Activity Relationship
  • Sulfobromophthalein
  • Thymol / metabolism

Substances

  • Contraceptives, Oral
  • Progestins
  • Sulfobromophthalein
  • Thymol
  • Ethinyl Estradiol
  • Mestranol
  • Aspartate Aminotransferases
  • Alanine Transaminase
  • Alkaline Phosphatase