A comparison of the sperm mixed-agglutination reaction test with the peroxidase-labelled protein A test for detecting antisperm antibodies in infertile men with varicocele

BJU International

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 835-838

  Isitmangil, G ^a,c   Yildirim, S ^a   Orhan, I ^b   Kadioglu A ^b   Akinci, M ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Male infertility; Peroxidase labelled protein A; Sperm mixed agglutination reaction; Varicocele

Indexed keywords

PEROXIDASE; PROTEIN A; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEM CELL; TESTIS; VARICOCELE;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANTIBODIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; PEROXIDASE; SPERMATOZOA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PROTEIN A; VARICOCELE;

EID: 0032734499     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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