The molecular forms of immunoglobulin A in human seminal plasma;Formy molekularne immunoglobuliny A w plazmie nasienia ludzkiego

Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 541-547

  Kratz, Ewa Maria ^a   Pupek, Małgorzata ^a   Chełmońska Soyta, Anna ^b   Katnik Prastowska, Iwona ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Immunoglobulin A; Male infertility; Secretory component SC

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN SUBCLASS; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOMER; SECRETORY COMPONENT; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EJACULATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIQUEFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; OLIGOSPERMIA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; STANDARD;

EID: 4544290691     PISSN: 1230025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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