Reduced semen quality in chronic prostatitis patients that have cellular autoimmune response to prostate antigens

Human Reproduction

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2567-2572

  Motrich, Rubén Darío ^a   Maccioni, Mariana ^a   Molina, Rosa ^b   Tissera, Andrea ^b   Olmedo, José ^c   Riera, Clelia Maria ^a   Rivero, Virginia Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b CIGOR Chacabuco   (Argentina)

^c Fundacion Urologica Cordoba para la Docencia e Investigacion Medica   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Chronic prostatitis; Cytokines; Male infertility; Semen quality

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; PROSTATE ANTIGEN; SEMINAL PLASMA PROTEIN; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PROSTATE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 24044515891     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dei073     Document Type: Article

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