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The effect of the antisperm auto‐antibody‐bound sperm on in vitro fertilization outcome
Author(s) -
Sukcharoen N.,
Keith J.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
andrologia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1439-0272
pISSN - 0303-4569
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0272.1995.tb01106.x
Subject(s) - in vitro fertilisation , human fertilization , sperm , andrology , embryo transfer , autoantibody , embryo , antibody , infertility , biology , pregnancy , medicine , immunology , genetics
Summary To evaluate the effects of antisperm auto‐antibody‐bound sperm on the outcome of in vitro fertilization‐embryo transfer (IVF‐ET), 160 infertile couples undergoing treatment by in vitro fertilization were recruited in this study. In the study group (11 couples, 15 cycles), the male partners were positive for antisperm autoantibodies determined by immunobead test (IBT). In the control group (149 couples, 152 cycles), the men had no such antibodies. The percentages of fertilization rate, cleavage rate and pregnancy rate of the study group and control group were 75.0±5.2% vs. 69.3±2.4%; 82.8±3.7% vs. 89.8±1.2% and 6.7% vs. 11.8%, respectively. There were no significant differences in in vitro fertilization outcome between both groups. The region, type and/or percentage of sperm‐bound antibodies also had no effect on the in vitro fertilization outcome. In conclusion, in vitro fertilization‐embryo transfer is not significantly affected by antisperm autoantibody‐bound sperm determined by immunobead test.