Celiac disease and reproductive disorders: Meta-analysis of epidemiologic associations and potential pathogenic mechanisms

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 582-593

  Tersigni, Chiara ^a   Castellani, Roberta ^a   De waure, Chiara ^b   Fattorossi, Andrea ^a   De Spirito, Marco ^b   Gasbarrini, Antonio ^a   Scambia, Giovanni ^a   Di Simone, Nicoletta ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Celiac disease; Endometrium; Pregnancy; Trophoblast

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; ENDOMYSIUM ANTIBODY; FOLIC ACID; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE ANTIBODY;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CELIAC DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALABSORPTION; MENARCHE; META ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT ABORTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY AMENORRHEA; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STILLBIRTH; SUBFERTILITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TROPHOBLAST; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANGIOGENESIS; CELIAC DISEASE; ENDOMETRIUM; PREGNANCY; TROPHOBLAST;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CELIAC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84904692147     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: 14602369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/dmu007     Document Type: Article

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