Epididymal obstruction during development results in antisperm autoantibodies at puberty in rats

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 136-144

  Flickinger, Charles J ^a   Baran, Maureen L ^a   Howards, Stuart S ^a   Herr, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Autoantigens; Epididymis; Sperm

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIGEN; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; LIGATION; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RAT; SEXUAL MATURATION; VAS DEFERENS; VASECTOMY;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDIDYMIS; GRANULOMA; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0031926420     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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