Characteristics of men and women with circulating antisperm antibodies in a combined infertility clinic in Kuwait

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-64

  Omu, A E ^a   Makhseed, M ^a   Mohammed, A T ^a   Munim, R A A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Circulating antisperm antibodies; Prednisolone

Indexed keywords

PREDNISOLONE; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MACROMOLECULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOON PENETRATION; THYROID DISEASE;

EID: 79961160421     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01485019708987902     Document Type: Article

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