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Screening for coeliac disease in women with a history of recurrent miscarriage or infertility
Author(s) -
Kolho K.L.,
Tiitinen A.,
Tulppala M.,
UnkilaKallio L.,
Savilahti E.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08218.x
Subject(s) - coeliac disease , infertility , miscarriage , medicine , recurrent miscarriage , subclinical infection , pregnancy , obstetrics , unexplained infertility , etiology , gynecology , fertility , disease , female infertility , population , biology , environmental health , genetics
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.