A nationwide population-based study to determine whether coeliac disease is associated with infertility

Gut

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1471-1475

  Zugna, Daniela ^a   Richiardi, Lorenzo ^a   Akre, Olof ^b   Stephansson, Olof ^b   Ludvigsson, Jonas F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; JEJUNUM BIOPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELIAC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049522603     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2010.219030     Document Type: Article

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