Detection of antizona pellucida antibodies in the sera from premature ovarian failure patients by a highly specific test

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 925-932

  Takamizawa, Satoru ^a   Shibahara, Hiroaki ^a   Shibayama, Tamaho ^a   Suzuki, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antizona pellucida (ZP) antibody; human ZP; premature ovarian failure; sperm ZP binding

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZONA PELLUCIDA ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; OVARIAN FAILURE, PREMATURE; SPERM-OVUM INTERACTIONS; SWINE; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 34848826257     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.12.029     Document Type: Article

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