Value of Serum Antisperm Antibodies in Diagnosing Obstructive Azoospermia

Journal of Urology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 264-269

  Lee, Richard ^a   Goldstein, Marc ^a,b   Ullery, Brant W ^a   Ehrlich, Joshua ^a   Soares, Marc ^a   Razzano, Renee A ^a   Herman, Michael P ^a   Callahan, Mark A ^a   Li, Philip S ^a   Schlegel, Peter N ^a,b   Witkin, Steven S ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

antibody; azoospermia; diagnostic tests; infertility; male; routine; spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AZOOSPERMIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROC CURVE; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPERMATOGENESIS; VASOVASOSTOMY;

ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; AZOOSPERMIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 57149085655     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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