Can Fam Physician. 1978 Oct;24:1028-30.

Pill-induced liver disease.

Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien

P Devenyi

PMID: 21301553 PMCID: PMC2379527

Abstract

On the ever increasing list of complications and risks associated with oral contraceptive use, those involving the hepatobiliary system are less well known. Four of these entities are reviewed: benign cholestasis, gallstones, hepatic vein occlusion and liver tumors. Some comments are made about the general risk-benefit ratio of pill use.

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