Antisperm antibodies in infertile men and their correlation with seminal parameters

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-38

  Garcia, Patricia C ^a   Rubio, Eliana M ^a   Pereira, Oduvaldo Cämara Marques ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antisperm antibody; Infertility; Man; Semen; Seminal parameters

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; OSMOSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 33846983558     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: 14470578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0578.2007.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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