Is burning semen syndrome a variant form of seminal plasma hypersensitivity?

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 93-102

  Bernstein, Jonathan A ^a,b,c   Perez, Adrienne ^a,b   Floyd, Roger ^a,b   Bernstein, I Leonard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ML #563 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BURNING SEMEN SYNDROME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COITUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REMISSION; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMINAL PLASMA HYPERSENSITIVITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOLDIER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; SEMEN; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEINS; SYNDROME; VAGINA; VETERANS; WAR;

EID: 0037221939     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0029-7844(02)02318-9     Document Type: Article

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