Gel Agglutination Test: its application to infertile men.
In a study involving 253 men attending the Male Fertility Clinic in Nottingham, the Gelatin Agglutination Test on serum gave a positive response in 14.2% of patients and a positive response at a dilution of 1/32 in 11.5% of patients. No correlation was found between a positive GAT response and increasing age or the major pathological entities causing infertility in the male. Of the positive GAT responses, 17% reverted to negative on second testing. The value and the diagnostic importance of this test as well as its reliability is questioned.
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D012661:Semen / Q000276:immunology; D013073:Sperm Agglutination; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000276:immunology*
D001323:Autoantibodies