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  • Title: Screening for coeliac disease in women with a history of recurrent miscarriage or infertility.
    Author: Kolho KL, Tiitinen A, Tulppala M, Unkila-Kallio L, Savilahti E.
    Journal: Br J Obstet Gynaecol; 1999 Feb; 106(2):171-3. PubMed ID: 10426684.
    Abstract:
    Because subclinical coeliac disease may decrease fertility or complicate pregnancy, we screened women with recurrent miscarriage of unknown aetiology (n = 63), unexplained infertility (n = 47) and infertility with a known cause (n = 82), for anti-endomysium antibodies in serum to find undiagnosed coeliac disease. One woman (1-6%) with recurrent miscarriage, another woman (2.1%) with unexplained infertility and one woman (2.0%) in the control group (n = 51), were considered to have coeliac disease. We could not demonstrate a higher frequency of coeliac disease in women with infertility or recurrent miscarriage, but suggest that undiagnosed coeliac disease is common in women.
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