Normal fertilization in men with high antibody sperm binding by the addition of sufficient unbound sperm in vitro.
A high incidence of fertilization failure has been reported in men with over 70% of their sperm bound with isoantibodies. In three men with greater than 80% antisperm antibody binding with IgG and IgA immunoglobulins, a normal rate of fertilization (29/46 oocytes; 63%) was achieved by adding a sufficient number of motile sperm to provide at least 50,000 unbound sperm per oocyte. This method appears to be simpler and more effective than attempting to separate unbound sperm in vitro.
Hamilton
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AMI South Bay Hospital in Vitro Fertilization Center, Redondo Beach, California 90277.
Gutlay-Yeo
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Meldrum
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D000328:Adult; D000906:Antibodies / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000276:immunology; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D007315:Insemination, Artificial / Q000276:immunology* / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D013081:Sperm Motility / Q000502:physiology; D013084:Sperm-Ovum Interactions / Q000502:physiology; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology
D000906:Antibodies; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G