INCIDENCE OF SERUM AGGLUTINATING AND IMMOBILIZING SPERM ANTIBODIES IN INFERTILE COUPLES

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 27  (2) , 90-94
Abstract
Blood specimens from 285 consecutive infertile couples were tested for sperm agglutination and for sperm immobilization by the tray slide agglutination test and a microimmobilization test. The immobilization test was positive only when the agglutination test was also positive. Sperm immobilizing activity in association with agglutinating activity was detected in the serum of 7.5% of the husbands and 1.4% of the wives. These sperm immobilizing activity figures may represent the actual incidence of antibodies in the patients.

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