title: Assisted conception and immunological infertility.
abstract: Our work with a group involved in Assisted Conception (AC) has provided us with a perfect opportunity for making an assessment of the efficiency of the techniques used for the treatment of Male Antisperm Autoimmunization (MAA) and Female Antisperm Isoimmunization (FAI). The aim of this study is to present all the most important methods of AC used by our group for the treatment of immunological infertility, such as intrauterine insemination, intraperitoneal insemination, intrafallopian gamete transfer, in-vitro insemination and intrauterine embryo transfer, intrafallopian zygote transfer, intrafallopian embryo transfer, and gamete micromanipulation. In-vitro fecundation would appear to be particularly efficient in cases of FAI, while MAA would seem to benefit more from the use of gamete micromanipulation.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Matemo-Infantile, Università di Palermo.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cimino
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Catalano
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cittadini
mesh_terms: D015551:Autoimmunity / Q000276:immunology*; D004624:Embryo Transfer / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015181:Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007246:Infertility / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology*; D007315:Insemination, Artificial / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D018873:Pregnancy Rate; D013094:Spermatozoa / Q000276:immunology*