The prevalence of coeliac disease in infertility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2759-2761

  Meloni, G F ^a   Dessole, S ^b   Vargiu, N ^b   Tomasi, P A ^c   Musumeci, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c San Giovanni di Dio Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti endomysium antibodies; Antigliadin antibodies; Coeliac disease; Infertility; Jejunal biopsy

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; GLIADIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GLUTEN FREE DIET; HUMAN; JEJUNUM BIOPSY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE INFERTILITY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0032758891     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.11.2759     Document Type: Article

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