The indirect immunobead test for seminal antisperm antibodies and fertilization rates at in-vitro fertilization

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1418-1422

  Ford, W C L ^a   Williams, K M ^a   McLaughlin, E A ^a   Harrison, S ^a   Ray, B ^a   Hull, M G R ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertilization rate; Indirect immunobead test; IVF; Semina antisperm antibodies

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 0029789407     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019411     Document Type: Article

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