Diagnosis and classification of autoimmune orchitis

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 4-5, 2014, Pages 431-434

  Silva, C A ^a   Cocuzza, M ^a   Carvalho, J F ^b   Bonfa E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antisperm antibodies; Autoimmune orchitis; Fertility; Rheumatic diseases; Testicle

Indexed keywords

SPERM ANTIBODY;

ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE ORCHITIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD TESTIS BARRIER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; IMAGING; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFERTILITY THERAPY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; ORCHITIS; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; TESTIS BIOPSY;

ANTISPERM ANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE ORCHITIS; FERTILITY; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; TESTICLE;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BIOPSY; BLOOD-TESTIS BARRIER; HUMANS; MALE; ORCHITIS; SPERMATOZOA; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84896318009     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: 18730183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2014.01.024     Document Type: Review

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