Update on sperm antigen-based contraceptive vaccines

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 503-527

  Herr, John Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CABYR PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; MULTIVALENT SPERM SUBUNIT VACCINE; SPERM ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIGEN; SPERM PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENICITY; BABOON; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FUTUROLOGY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFERTILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; REVACCINATION; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPERMATOGENESIS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0036694444     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8561(02)00005-X     Document Type: Review

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