ZP3 peptide vaccine that induces antibody and reversible infertility without autoimmune oophoritis

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 181-183

  Tung, Kenneth S K ^a   Ang, Jennifer ^a   Lou, Yahuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Autoimmune disease; Contraceptive vaccine

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; CELL RECEPTOR; CONTRACEPTIVE VACCINE; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPE; INFERTILITY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029940835     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00028.x     Document Type: Article

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