Sperm, nuclear, phospholipid, and red blood cell antibodies and isotype RF in infertile couples and patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 309-316

  Fichorova, R ^a,b   Nakov, L ^a   Baleva, M ^b   Nikolov, K ^b   Gegova, I ^c  

^a Department of Biology ^*  (Bulgaria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c Military Medical Institute   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

ANA; Autoantibodies; Capture R; ELISA; Immunologic infertility; Sperm agglutination

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; ERYTHROCYTE ANTIBODY; PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC DISEASE;

EID: 0030473292     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1996.tb00181.x     Document Type: Article

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