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AUTOSPERMAGGLUTININS IN THE SEMEN OF AN INFERTILE MAN
Author(s) -
Boettchee B.,
Kay D. J.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1971.tb87869.x
Subject(s) - semen , radial immunodiffusion , antibody , immunodiffusion , andrology , medicine , immunology , chemistry , biology
The serum from a male whose semen showed macroscopic autospermagglutination was not spermagglutinating in a microagglutination test. The concentrations of immunoglobulins in the semen were estimated by quantitative radial immunodiffusion. The concentration of IgG was 6 mg/100 ml, and IgA and IgM were undetectable at concentrations of 1 mg/100 ml. It is argued that the autospermagglutinins in this man are not immunoglobulins.