Characterisation of a sperm coating auto-antigen reacting with antisperm antibodies of infertile males using monoclonal antibodies

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 463-467

  Poulton, T A ^a   Everard, D ^a   Baxby, K ^b   Parslow, J M ^c  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Dundee Royal Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^c ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AUTOANTIGENS; EPIDIDYMIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS;

EID: 0029971501     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1996.tb09774.x     Document Type: Article

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