Evaluation of the immunological cause of male infertility

Andrologia

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-126

  Hinting, A ^a   Soebadi, D M ^a   Santoso, R I ^a  

^a AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

antisperm antibodies; human; immunological infertility; spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

SPERM ANTIBODY;

ACCESSORY SEX GLAND; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 0029926048     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1996.tb02767.x     Document Type: Article

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