Infertile women without sensitization to an appropriate amount of sperm do not produce sperm-immobilizing antibodies in their sera

Reproductive Medicine and Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 105-108

  Shibahara, Hiroaki ^a   Kikuchi, Kumiko ^a   Shiraishi, Yasuko ^a   Suzuki, Mitsuaki ^a   Shigeta, Minoru ^b   Koyama, Koji ^c  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kinki Central Hospital of Mutual Association of Public School Teachers   (Japan)

^c HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

antisperm antibody; sperm count; sperm immobilizing antibody

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450235574     PISSN: 14455781     EISSN: 14470578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-5781.2003.00027.x     Document Type: Article

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