A panel of monoclonal antibodies against human sperm

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 189-195

  Tang, Shuo ^a   Bean, Barry ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisperm antibodies; Fertilization; Hybridoma; Immunolocalization; Serum; Sperm antigens

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRIDOMA; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; MYELOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPLEEN CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0031949614     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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