Characterization of human sperm antigens reacting with antisperm antibodies from autologous sera and seminal plasma: Comparison among infertile subpopulations

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 345-352

  Paradisi, R ^a   Bellavia, E ^a   Pession, A L ^b   Venturoli, S ^a   Bach, V ^c   Flamigni, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

Antisperm antibodies; Immunoblotting; Immunoinfertility; Infertile subpopulations; Sperm antigens; Sperm pathophysiology

Indexed keywords

SPERM ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030515926     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.1996.tb00526.x     Document Type: Article

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