Cervical mucus anti-sperm antibodies: Treatment with intrauterine insemination

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 429-433

  Kutteh, William H ^a,b   Byrd, William ^a   Blankenship, Linda ^a   Kutteh, Carol C ^a   Carr, Bruce R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Dept of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti sperm antibodies; Cervical mucus; Immunoglobulin a; Intrauterine insemination

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A2; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SPERM ANTIBODY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

EID: 0029985252     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00505.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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