Screening for coeliac disease in women with a history of recurrent miscarriage or infertility

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-173

  Kolho, K L ^a   Tiitinen, A ^b   Tulppala, M ^c   Unkila Kallio, L ^b   Savilahti, E ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Vaestoliitto   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SERUM; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

ABORTION, HABITUAL; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CELIAC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MASS SCREENING; MUSCLE FIBERS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0032922772     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08218.x     Document Type: Article

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