Circulating antibodies to Chlamydia trachomatis in women: Relationship to antisperm and antichlamydial antibodies in semen of male partners

Human Reproduction

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1635-1637

  Witkin, S S ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisperm antibodies; Chlamydia trachomatis; Heterosexual transmission; Infertility

Indexed keywords

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

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SPERM;

EID: 0029824267     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a019460     Document Type: Article

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