title: [Sperm allergy of the anaphylactic type].
abstract: A case of an anaphylactic type of allergy is reported with pruritus, mucosal edema, asthma and shock symptoms which developed in a 26 year old female against her husbands sperma fluid. Symptoms and test results are compared with those of six other published cases. Results of skin tests obtained with a fraction of sperma plasma separated by chromatography are indicating that the antigen is of protein nature with a molecular weight of about 14.100. A molecular weight between 12.400 and 24.00 has also been reported in the literature.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000150:complications; D000799:Angioedema / Q000209:etiology; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D000941:Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D001249:Asthma / Q000209:etiology; D000939:Epitopes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D011537:Pruritus / Q000209:etiology; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D000941:Antigens; D000939:Epitopes
vernacular_title: Spermaallergie vom anaphylaktischen Typ.