Treatment of male infertility due to sperm surface antibodies: IUI or IVF?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1165-1170

  Ombelet, W ^a   Vandeput, H ^a   Janssen, M ^a   Cox, A ^a   Vossen, C ^a   Pollet, H ^a   Steeno, O ^b   Bosmans, E ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antisperm antibodies; In vitro fertilization; Intrauterine insemination; Male infertility

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY RATE;

EID: 0030968149     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/12.6.1165     Document Type: Article

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