Inflammation

Healing symptoms of inflammation, lupus and menopause — References & further reading

¹ [No author listed.] 2005. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases. URL: http://www.niams.nih.gov/Health_Info/Lupus/lupus_ff.asp (accessed 09.21.2009).

² [No author or date of publication listed.] Lupus site (SLE) — information on systemic lupus. Lupus fatigue and your lifestyle. What can I do to help with fatigue? URL: http://www.uklupus.co.uk/fact10.html (accessed 06.06.2009).

³ Hays, B. 2005. Chapter 19. Hormonal imbalances: Female hormones: The dance of the hormones. Pt. I. In Textbook of Functional Medicine, ed. D. Jones & S. Quinn, 231. Gig Harbor, WA: Institute for Functional Medicine.

⁴ Folomeev, M., et al. 1992. Plasma sex hormones and aromatase activity in tissues of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. URL (abstract): http://lup.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/1/3/191 (accessed 06.26.2009).

   Arnalich, F., et al. 1992. Inadequate production of progesterone in women with systemic lupus erythematosus. Br. J. Rheumatol., 31 (4), 247–251. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1555040 (accessed 06.26.2009).

⁵ Zietz, B., et al. 2000. Altered function of the hypothalamic stress axes in patients with moderately active systemic lupus erythematosus. II. Dissociation between androstenedione, cortisol, or dehydroepiandrosterone and interleukin 6 or tumor necrosis factor. J. Rheumatol., 27 (4), 911–918. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10782815 (accessed 06.26.2009).

⁶ Patavino, T., & Brady, D. 2001. Natural medicine and nutritional therapy as an alternative treatment in systemic lupus erythematosus. Alt. Med. Rev., 6, 460–471. URL (PDF): http://www.thorne.com/altmedrev/.fulltext/6/5/460.pdf (accessed 09.21.2009).

⁷ Petri, M. 2002. Lupus information — disease symptoms — treatment and management. Johns Hopkins Arthritis Center. URL: http://www.hopkins-arthritis.org/arthritis-info/lupus/ (accessed 06.08.2009).

⁸ Petri, M. 2002.

⁹ Cutolo, M., et al. 2004. Sex hormones influence on the immune system: Basic and clinical aspects in autoimmunity. Lupus, 13 (9), 635–638. Review. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15485092 (accessed 06.26.2009).

¹⁰ Cutolo, M., et al. 2004.

¹¹ Grimaldi, C., et al. 2002. Estrogen alters thresholds for B cell apoptosis and activation. J. Clin. Invest., 109 (12), 1625–1633. URL: http://www.jci.org/articles/view/14873 (accessed 06.26.2009).

¹² Petri, M. 2002.

¹³ Cutolo, M. 2004.

¹⁴ Askanase, A. 2004. Estrogen therapy in systemic lupus erythematosus. Treat Endocrinol., 3 (1), 19–26. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15743110 (accessed 06.23.2009).

  Sánchez–Guerrero, J., et al. 2001. Disease activity during the premenopausal and postmenopausal periods in women with systemic lupus erythematosus. Am. J. Med., 111 (6), 464–468. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11690572 (accessed 06.23.2009).

¹⁵ Askanase, A. 2004.

  Sánchez–Guerrero, J., et al. 2001.

¹⁶ Urowitz, M., et al. 2006. The effect of menopause on disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus. J. Rheumatol., 33 (11), 2192–2198. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16981295 (accessed 06.23.2009).</9>

¹⁷ Cutolo, M., & Otsa, K. 2008. Review: Vitamin D, immunity and lupus. Lupus, 17 (1), 6–10. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18089676 (accessed 09.04.2009).

  Kamen, D., & Aranow, C. 2008. The link between vitamin D deficiency and systemic lupus erythematosus. Curr. Rheumatol. Rep., 10 (4), 273–280. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18662506 (accessed 09.04.2009).

  Kamen, D., & Aranow, C. 2008. Vitamin D in systemic lupus erythematosus. Curr. Opin. Rheumatol., 20 (5), 532–537. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18698173 (accessed 09.04.2009).

  Ruiz–Irastorza, G., et al. 2008. Vitamin D deficiency in systemic lupus erythematosus: Prevalence, predictors and clinical consequences. Rheumatology (Oxford), 47 (6), 920–923. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18411213 (accessed 09.04.2009).

¹⁸ Petri, M. 2002.

¹⁹ Wein, H. 2000. Stress and disease: New perspectives. NIH Word on Health. URL: http://www.nih.gov/news/WordonHealth/oct2000/story01.htm (accessed 07.20.2009).

²⁰ Zietz, B., et al. 2000.

²¹ [No author listed]. 2006. Stress hormones enable lupus antibodies to alter behavior, damage cognition. Research update. Press release. URL: www.lupusmd.org/docs/research-stress_hormones.html?q=node/70 (accessed 06.26.2009).

  Huerta, P., et al. 2006. Immunity and behavior: Antibodies alter emotion. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 103 (3), 678–683. URL: http://www.pnas.org/content/103/3/678.long (accessed 06.26.2009).

 

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