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Looking for Celiac Disease in Italian Women with Endometriosis: A Case Control Study
In the last years, a potential link between endometriosis and celiac disease has been hypothesized since these disorders share some similarities, specifically concerning a potential role of oxidative stress, inflammation, and immunological dysfunctions. We investigated the prevalence of celiac disea...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3988867/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24804204 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/236821 |
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author | Santoro, Luca Campo, Sebastiano D'Onofrio, Ferruccio Gallo, Antonella Covino, Marcello Campo, Vincenzo Palombini, Guglielmo Santoliquido, Angelo Gasbarrini, Giovanni Montalto, Massimo |
author_facet | Santoro, Luca Campo, Sebastiano D'Onofrio, Ferruccio Gallo, Antonella Covino, Marcello Campo, Vincenzo Palombini, Guglielmo Santoliquido, Angelo Gasbarrini, Giovanni Montalto, Massimo |
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description | In the last years, a potential link between endometriosis and celiac disease has been hypothesized since these disorders share some similarities, specifically concerning a potential role of oxidative stress, inflammation, and immunological dysfunctions. We investigated the prevalence of celiac disease among Italian women with endometriosis with respect to general population. Consecutive women with a laparoscopic and histological confirmed diagnosis of endometriosis were enrolled; female nurses of our institution, without a known history of endometriosis, were enrolled as controls. IgA endomysial and tissue transglutaminase antibodies measurement and serum total IgA dosage were performed in both groups. An upper digestive endoscopy with an intestinal biopsy was performed in case of antibodies positivity. Presence of infertility, miscarriage, coexistence of other autoimmune diseases, and family history of autoimmune diseases was also investigated in all subjects. Celiac disease was diagnosed in 5 of 223 women with endometriosis and in 2 of 246 controls (2.2% versus 0.8%; P = 0.265). Patients with endometriosis showed a largely higher rate of infertility compared to control group (27.4% versus 2.4%; P < 0.001). Our results confirm that also in Italian population an increased prevalence of celiac disease among patients with endometriosis is found, although this trend does not reach the statistical significance. |
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spelling | pubmed-39888672014-05-06 Looking for Celiac Disease in Italian Women with Endometriosis: A Case Control Study Santoro, Luca Campo, Sebastiano D'Onofrio, Ferruccio Gallo, Antonella Covino, Marcello Campo, Vincenzo Palombini, Guglielmo Santoliquido, Angelo Gasbarrini, Giovanni Montalto, Massimo Biomed Res Int Research Article In the last years, a potential link between endometriosis and celiac disease has been hypothesized since these disorders share some similarities, specifically concerning a potential role of oxidative stress, inflammation, and immunological dysfunctions. We investigated the prevalence of celiac disease among Italian women with endometriosis with respect to general population. Consecutive women with a laparoscopic and histological confirmed diagnosis of endometriosis were enrolled; female nurses of our institution, without a known history of endometriosis, were enrolled as controls. IgA endomysial and tissue transglutaminase antibodies measurement and serum total IgA dosage were performed in both groups. An upper digestive endoscopy with an intestinal biopsy was performed in case of antibodies positivity. Presence of infertility, miscarriage, coexistence of other autoimmune diseases, and family history of autoimmune diseases was also investigated in all subjects. Celiac disease was diagnosed in 5 of 223 women with endometriosis and in 2 of 246 controls (2.2% versus 0.8%; P = 0.265). Patients with endometriosis showed a largely higher rate of infertility compared to control group (27.4% versus 2.4%; P < 0.001). Our results confirm that also in Italian population an increased prevalence of celiac disease among patients with endometriosis is found, although this trend does not reach the statistical significance. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC3988867/ /pubmed/24804204 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/236821 Text en Copyright © 2014 Luca Santoro et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Santoro, Luca Campo, Sebastiano D'Onofrio, Ferruccio Gallo, Antonella Covino, Marcello Campo, Vincenzo Palombini, Guglielmo Santoliquido, Angelo Gasbarrini, Giovanni Montalto, Massimo Looking for Celiac Disease in Italian Women with Endometriosis: A Case Control Study |
title | Looking for Celiac Disease in Italian Women with Endometriosis: A Case Control Study |
title_full | Looking for Celiac Disease in Italian Women with Endometriosis: A Case Control Study |
title_fullStr | Looking for Celiac Disease in Italian Women with Endometriosis: A Case Control Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Looking for Celiac Disease in Italian Women with Endometriosis: A Case Control Study |
title_short | Looking for Celiac Disease in Italian Women with Endometriosis: A Case Control Study |
title_sort | looking for celiac disease in italian women with endometriosis: a case control study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3988867/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24804204 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/236821 |
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