Open AccessThe Epidemiology of Anti-Sperm Antibodies Among Couples with Unexplained Infertility in North West Bank, Palestine
Author(s) -
Anas Yasin,
Ahmad Lotfi Yasin,
Walid Basha
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/15788.7380
Subject(s) - medicine , infertility , gynecology , varicocele , intracytoplasmic sperm injection , obstetrics , vasectomy , semen , orchitis , sperm , male infertility , inguinal hernia , unexplained infertility , pregnancy , andrology , hernia , population , surgery , biology , family planning , genetics , environmental health , research methodology
Anti sperm antibodies (ASA) can present in serum and semen and they may lead to impair the sperms function leading to infertility. The precise mechanism of generation of these antibodies is yet to be discovered.