HISTORIA SOBRE EL PAPEL DE LAS HORMONAS Y LOS ANTICONCEPTIVOS EN EL LUPUS HISTORIC VIEW ON THE ROLE OF HORMONES AND HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVES IN PATHOGENESIS OF SYSTEMIC LUPUS

Those interested in knowing a number of discove- ries that link hormones and systemic lupus could face a long and troublesome search. This way, our objective in this paper is to fi nd data that shows an effect of hormones in lupus pathogenesis. Arti- cles published on the subject since the beginning of the 20th Century until its end, were reviewed. Importance of discoveries and merits of different investigators were placed in perspective.