Diagnosis and treatment of immunologically infertile males with antisperm antibodies

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-141

  Shibahara, Hiroaki ^a   Shiraishi, Yasuko ^a   Suzuki, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antisperm antibodies; In vitro fertilization; Intracytoplasmic sperm injection; Intrauterine insemination; Postcoital test

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DR6 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; SPERM ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; POSTCOITAL TEST; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 21344434362     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: 14470578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0578.2005.00102.x     Document Type: Review

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