Anti-Helicobacter pylori antibodies in cervical mucus: A new cause of infertility

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-160

  Ambrosini, Guido ^a   Andrisani, Alessandra ^a   Fiore, Cristina ^a   Faggian, Diego ^a   D'Antona, Donato ^a   Ragazzi, Eugenio ^a   Plebani, Mario ^a   Armanini, Decio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti Helicobacter pylori IgG antibodies; Cervical mucus; Idiopathic infertility; Sperm cervical mucus interaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UTERINE CERVIX MUCUS;

EID: 79952991709     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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