Antichlamydial and antisperm antibodies in patients with chlamydial infections

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 330-336

  Dimitrova, Dimitrina ^a   Kalaydjiev, Svetoslav ^a,c   Hristov, Lyubomir ^a   Nikolov, Krasimir ^a   Boyadjiev, Todor ^b   Nakov, Lyudmil ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross reactivity; Genital chlamydial infections; Human immune infertility; Ocular chlamydial infections; Serum antisperm antibodies; Sperm antigens

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; SPERM ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMOBILIZED CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY;

EID: 9744257029     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2004.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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