The frequency of antisperm antibodies in infertile couples - A Polish pilot study

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Kamieniczna, Marzena ^a   Domagała, Alina ^a   Kurpisz, Maciej ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antisperm antibodies; Cervical mucus; Immunobead binding test; Infertility

Indexed keywords

SPERM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; POLAND; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CERVIX MUCUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POLAND; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0037545617     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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