Mechanism of infertility in male guinea pigs immunized with sperm PH-20

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1133-1141

  Tung, Kenneth S K ^a,c   Primakoff, Paul ^b,d   Woolman Gamer, Laura ^b,e   Myles, Diana G ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PFIZER INC   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; PH 20; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACROSOME; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETIOLOGY; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; ORCHITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030979136     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.5.1133     Document Type: Article

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