Are Antisperm Antibodies Really Associated with Proven Chronic Inflammatory and Infectious Diseases of the Male Reproductive Tract?

European Urology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 708-715

  Marconi, Marcelo ^a   Pilatz, Adrian ^a   Wagenlehner, Florian ^a   Diemer, Thorsten ^a   Weidner, Wolfgang ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antisperm antibodies; Infection; Inflammation; Male reproductive tract

Indexed keywords

SPERM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMITIS; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM; URETHRITIS; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HUMANS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249220284     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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