Effect of sperm-immobilizing antibodies bound to the surface of ejaculated human spermatozoa on sperm motility in immunologically infertile men [5]

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 641-642

  Shibahara, Hiroaki ^a   Hirano, Yuki ^a   Takamizawa, Satoru ^a   Sato, Ikuo ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIBODY; SPERMICIDAL AGENT;

AZOOSPERMIA; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EJACULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZED CELL; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON TAIL;

EID: 0037337793     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04702-7     Document Type: Letter

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