Quantification of C3 and C4 in infertile men with antisperm antibody in their seminal plasma

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 330-336

  Rahimi, Azita ^a   Sepehri, Houri ^a   Pakravesh, Jalil ^b   Bahar, Kamal ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Iran)

^c Medical Laboratory Building   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antisperm antibody; Complement; Infertility; Male factor; Semen

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA;

EID: 0032986992     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1999.tb00446.x     Document Type: Article

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