ABO blood group and expression of antisperm antibodies in infertile couples in Kuwait

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-53

  Omu, Alexander E ^a   Al Mutawa, Mahmoud ^a   Al Qattan, Fawzia ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

ABO blood group; Antisperm antibodies; Expression; Infertility

Indexed keywords

SPERM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPOUSE;

ABO BLOOD-GROUP SYSTEM; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; KUWAIT; MALE; ODDS RATIO; REFERENCE VALUES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0031973131     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000009924     Document Type: Article

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