Antisperm antibodies in prepubertal boys and their reactivity with antigenic determinants on differentiated spermatozoa

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-229

  Domagala A ^a   Kamieniczna, M ^a   Kowalczyk, D ^a   Kurpisz, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antisperm antibodies; Prepubertal boys; Sperm antigens; Western blot analysis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; EPITOPE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS FUNCTION;

EID: 0344625415     PISSN: 87558920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.1998.tb00416.x     Document Type: Article

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