ISSN:
1471-0528
Quelle:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Thema:
Medizin
Notizen:
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.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08218.x