Approach to immunological male infertility: a comparison between MAR test and direct immunobead test.
A comparative study between MAR test and IBT in 142 seminal samples is presented by the authors and their concordance with TAT and SIT is also evaluated. In particular the interest of IBT for the evaluation of involved immunoglobulinic classes is stressed.
D000372:Agglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis*; D007159:Immunologic Tests; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D008297:Male; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000276:immunology*
D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D007136:Immunoglobulins