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See article on page 169The father figure in coeliac disease
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It is surprising that although clear reports were given in the pilot work of Ferguson and colleagues,1 Farthing and colleagues,2 and others about 20 years ago, coeliac disease (CD) has not yet gained popularity among obstetricians. In the subsequent two decades, many epidemiological studies clearly showed that it is a very common disease, that it affects women more than men, and that it has to be considered in relation to reproductive function.
The actual storyIn the past few years several groups have shown that untreated CD
is an important cause of abortion, poor outcome of pregnancy, and
intrauterine growth retardation.3 4 Most authors agree that malnutrition could not have explained the reproductive
difficulties of many, now most, coeliac women. Martinelli and
colleagues5 recently found that 1 in every 70 pregnant
women admitted to a major city hospital suffered from untreated CD:
70% had a poor outcome of pregnancy, and 8/9
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