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Diagnosis and treatment of immunologically infertile women with sperm-immobilizing antibodies in their sera.
Journal of reproductive immunology - 1 Dec 2009
Shibahara Hiroaki, Koriyama Junko, Shiraishi Yasuko, Hirano Yuki, Suzuki Mitsuaki, Koyama Koji
Abstract excerpt
Detection of sperm-immobilizing antibodies in women may have relevance for diagnosis of immunological infertility. Infertile women in whom sperm-immobilizing antibodies are detected can be refractory to conventional treatments such as timed intercourse or intrauterine insemination (IUI) because the antibodies secreted in the female reproductive tract might impair sperm passage, inhibit fertilization, and prevent...
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