Circulating human antisperm antibodies recognize prostasomes

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 211-219

  Allegrucci, Cinzia ^a   Ronquist, Gunnar ^a,b   Ove Nilsson, B ^a,c   Carlsson, Lena ^a,b   Lundqvist, Monalill ^a,b   Minelli, Alba ^a   Larsson, Anders ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antisperm antibodies (ASA); Complement activation; Infertility; Prostasome; Sperm agglutination

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIGEN;

ACINAR CELL; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SECRETION; CHICKEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTASOME; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON;

EID: 0034859094     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0897.2001.d01-4.x     Document Type: Article

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