THE ASSOCIATION OF CELIAC DISEASE WITH IDIOPATHIC INFERTILITY IN CENTRAL ANATOLIA REGION
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Aim: Celiac Disease (CD) is an inflammatory autoimmune disease that occurs in the small intestine of genetically predisposed individuals after gluten intake. CD leads to several gynecological and obstetrical problems. We aimed to investigate the prevalence of CD in patients with the diagnosis of idiopathic infertility in Central Anatolia.
Patients and Methods: The study included 30 female patients who had the diagnosis of idiopathic infertility in the Erciyes UniversityFaculty of Medicine, gynecology and obstetrics clinic and 33 healthy women with at least one healthy pregnancy. The levels of AGA IGG/IGM, EMA, tTG, and IgG/IgM antibodies were measured in all patients and the study group. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and duodenal biopsy were performed for the individuals with a positive test result.
Results: There was no significant difference in the presence of anemia, age, and body mass index between the groups. While AGA IGA was positive in four patients and AGA IGG was only positive in one patient in the patient group, AGA IGA was positive in three patients in the control group. In the control group, only one patient had a positive (EMA) test result; however, there was no positive result in any of the patients in the study group. TTG IgA antibodies were negative in both groups. Two patients had positive test in terms of TTG IgG in the control group. There was no statistically significant difference in terms of serological tests in both groups.
Conclusion: The prevalence of CD in idiopathic infertile patients was similar to the control group. Further studies are needed to evaluate this relationship in this cohort.
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