Gastroenterology
Volume 142, Issue 1 , Pages 39-45.e3 , January 2012

Pregnancy Outcome and Risk of Celiac Disease in Offspring: A Nationwide Case-Control Study

  • Karl Mårild

      Affiliations

    • Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital, Solna, Sweden
    • Department of Medicine, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Karl Mårild, MD, Astrid Lindgrens Children's hospital, 171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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  • Olof Stephansson

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology Unit and Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska University Hospital and Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Scott Montgomery

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology Unit and Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska University Hospital and Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden
    • ,
  • Joseph A. Murray

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Departments of Medicine and Immunology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Jonas F. Ludvigsson

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology Unit and Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska University Hospital and Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Department of Pediatrics, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden

Received 7 June 2011 ,Accepted 19 September 2011.

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 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported by the Swedish Society of Medicine (K.M., O.S., and J.F.L.); the National Institutes of Health (grants DK071003 and DK057892 to J.A.M.); the Swedish Research Council, the Sven Jerring Foundation, the Örebro Society of Medicine, the Karolinska Institutet, the Clas Groschinsky Foundation, the Juhlin Foundation, the Majblomman Foundation, Uppsala-Örebro Regional Research Council, and the Swedish Celiac Society (J.F.L.).

PII: S0016-5085(11)01373-4

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2011.09.047

Gastroenterology
Volume 142, Issue 1 , Pages 39-45.e3 , January 2012

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