Altered sperm function or sperm antibodies are not associated with chlamydial antibodies in infertile men with leucocytospermia

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-29

  Habermann, Barbara ^a   Krause, Walter ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydial antibodies; Leucocytospermia; Sperm antibodies; Sperm parameters

Indexed keywords

SPERM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CERVIX MUCUS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; SEMEN; SPERM COUNT; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SPERMATOZOA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033000653     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9959(98)00092-0     Document Type: Article

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