Incidence of Sperm-immobilizing Antibodies in Infertile Women with Past Chlamydia trachomatis Infection

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-132

  Hirano, Yuki ^a   Shibahara, Hiroaki ^a   Koriyama, Junko ^a   Tokunaga, Makoto ^a   Shimada, Kazuhiko ^a   Suzuki, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antisperm antibody; Chlamydia trachomatis; Infertility; Sperm immobilizing antibody

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, IMMOBILIZED; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; MALE; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 78650970349     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2010.00883.x     Document Type: Article

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