Influence of sperm surface antibodies on spontaneous pregnancy rates

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 355-356

  Abshagen, Katrin ^a   Behre, Hermann M ^a   Cooper, Trevor G ^a   Nieschlag, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Pregnancy rates; Sperm surface antibodies

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INFERTILITY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY RATE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, B-CELL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0032146864     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(98)00154-X     Document Type: Article

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