Sperm antibodies, semen quality, and male infertility.
Twelve couples who underwent infertility investigations at the Universitas Hospital in Bloemfontein were examined using several tests: postcoital (PCT), sperm-cervical-mucus-contact (SCMC-T), indirect immunobead (IBT), tray-agglutination (TAT), and sperm-immobilization procedures (SIT). Two factors played a role during the immunologic evaluation of a couple: semen quality and the intensity of the antibody in the cervical mucus or seminal plasma.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Orange Free State, South Africa.
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D000372:Agglutination Tests; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D001681:Biological Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D012661:Semen / Q000276:immunology*; D013076:Sperm Count; D013081:Sperm Motility; D013084:Sperm-Ovum Interactions; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000276:immunology* / Q000502:physiology
D001323:Autoantibodies