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Human Reproduction, Vol. 2, No. 7, pp. 599-602, 1987
© 1987 European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology

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In-vitro fertilization results from thirteen women with anti-sperm antibodies

M. De Almeida, M. Herry1, J. Testart2, J. Belaisch-Allart1, R. Frydman1 and P. Jouannet3

Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité 23, Hôpital Saint-Antoine 75571 Paris Cedex 12 1Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital Antoine-Béclère 92141 Clamart 2Unité 187 INSERM, Hôpital Antoine-Béclère 92141 Clamart 3Laboratoire d'Histologie Embryologie et Cytogénétique, Centre Hospitalier de Bicêtre 94275 Bicêtre France

Thirteen infertile women with high titres of spermagglutinating antibodies in their serum and/or in cervical mucus underwent in-vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer (ET). Fertilization occurred in 68% of the oocytes in a serumfree medium. Eight pregnancies were obtained in 22 IVF cycles (36.4%). Anti-sperm antibodies were found in the follicular fluids of 5 out of the 11 women with circulating antibodies. Fertilization results were independent of both the localization and the level of anti-sperm antibodies. From these data we can conclude that IVF-ET is a suitable treatment for long tasting female infertility linked to anti-sperm immunity.

Key words: anti-spermatozoa antibodies/embryo transfer/female infertility/follicular fluid/in-vitro fertilization


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