Seminal plasma immunoglobulin concentrations in autoimmune male subfertility

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-180

  Luckas, M J M ^a,b   Buckett, W M ^c   Aird, I A ^a,b   Johnson, P M ^a   Lewis Jones, D I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Liverpool Women Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anti sperm antibodies; ASAs; MAR; Seminal plasma; TAT

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SUBFERTILITY;

ANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNITY; FERTILITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0031932967     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0378(97)00080-6     Document Type: Article

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