A prospective clinical trial investigating the efficacy of a method of preparing subpopulations of antibody-free spermatozoa from the ejaculates of antibody-positive patients

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 261-270

  Grundy, C E ^a,b   Killick, S R ^a   Hay, D M ^b   Lesny, P ^a,b   Maguiness, S D ^b   Robinson, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrosome reaction; Antisperm antibodies; Clinical trial; IVF; Membrane integrity

Indexed keywords

IONOPHORE; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ACROSOME REACTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; CELL SEPARATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0031730323     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2605.1998.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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