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Article: Explaining Poor Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Celiac Disease.

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Explaining Poor Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Celiac Disease

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By Sarah L. Berga, MD, James Robert McCord Professor and Chair, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, is Associate Editor for OB/GYN Clinical Alert.

Dr. Berga is a consultant to Promedica Communications, Upsher-Smith Laboratories, Inc., Dannemiller Memorial Education Foundation, The Endocrine Society, QuatRx Pharm Company, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, and Pfizer, and is on the speakers bureaus of Ascend Therapeutics, Inc., Novogyne Pharmaceuticals, and Merck Serono.

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