Incidence of anti-zona pellucida and anti-sperm antibodies among infertile Jordanian women and its relation to mycoplasmas

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1263-1271

  Al Daghistani, H I ^a   Fram, K M ^b  

^a AL BALQA APPLIED UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOANTIBODIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; ISOANTIBODIES; JORDAN; MALE; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATOZOA; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VAGINAL SMEARS; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 73249149258     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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