Characterization of human sperm antigens reacting with anti-sperm antibodies from an infertile female patient's serum

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 440-448

  Feng, H L ^a   Han, Y B ^b   Sparks, A E T ^c   Sandlow, J I ^d  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Infertility; Sperm function

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM IONOPHORE; SPERM ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIGEN;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON CAPACITATION;

ACROSOME; ACROSOME REACTION; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 46449095210     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.108.004903     Document Type: Article

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