| | PharmaCare - Headline News | WESTPORT, Aug 02 : Celiac disease linked to spontaneous abortion, fetal growth retardation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | Antonio Gasbarrini and colleagues from Gemelli Hospital, Catholic University, in Rome, studied 44 patients with a history of spontaneous abortion, 39 patients with fetuses with intrauterine growth retardation and 50 healthy controls. |
 | | "The patients with recurrent spontaneous abortion and those with intrauterine fetal growth retardation had a significantly higher frequency of serological markers of coeliac disease than controls," Dr. Gasbarrini and colleagues report in the July 29th issue of The Lancet. |
 | | They believe that recognizing celiac disease as a possible risk factor for recurrent spontaneous abortion and intrauterine fetal growth retardation might lead to effective treatment strategies. |
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