Validity of a rapid assay for antisperm antibodies in semen

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 522-528

  Kipersztok, Simon ^a,b   Kim, Brandy D ^a   Morris, Laura ^a,c   Drury, Kenneth C ^a   Williams, R Stan ^a   Rhoton Vlasak, Alice ^a  

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

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisperm antibodies; Immunobead binding test; Immunologic infertility; Male factor infertility; Semen; Sperm; Tests of validation

Indexed keywords

SPERM ANTIBODY;

ACCURACY; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIQUEFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STANDARD; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0037335317     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04760-X     Document Type: Article

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