Title
Spermagglutinating Activity and Female Infertility: A Study of Serum and Genital Tract Secretions
Date Issued
07 May 1973
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Rochester Minn., United States
Abstract
Because of reports suggesting that spermagglutinins may be involved in female infertility, we tested serum and genital tract secretions over a three-year period. Initial studies of serums from 42 infertile patients showed a similar frequency of spermagglutinating activity in those with primary infertility (not due to detectable disease) and other forms of infertility. Analysis of serum, uterine, and vaginal secretions from another 31 infertile women showed that spermagglutinating activity was less frequent in the genital tract secretions than in serum. Among the total group of 73 women with various types of infertility, no significant difference in serum spermagglutinating activity was found. Our results do not encourage belief that spermagglutinating activity plays an important role in female infertility. © 1973 American Medical Association. All rights reserved.
Start page
849
End page
852
Volume
224
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Neurología clínica
Obstetricia, Ginecología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0015916735
PubMed ID
Source
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
ISSN of the container
00987484
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