01287nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001900055653002100074653002700095653001100122653001200133653000900145653001600154100001400170700001400184700001700198700001400215245005500229856004100284300000900325490000700334520066600341022001401007       1982                            d  c1982 Mar10aAutoantibodies10aErythema Nodosum10aHemagglutination Tests10aHumans10aleprosy10aMale10aSpermatozoa1 aGupta S C1 aChhabra B1 aMehrotra T N1 aBajaj A K00aA study of antispermatozoal antibodies in leprosy.  uhttp://ila.ilsl.br/pdfs/v50n1a06.pdf  a43-60 v503 a<p>Sixty male patients with polar leprosy (33 lepromatous and 27 tuberculoid) were studied for the presence of antispermatozoal antibodies. Antibodies were detected by three different immunological tests. The sperm immobilization test was found to be the most sensitive. In lepromatous leprosy the incidence of these antibodies was higher than in tuberculoid cases. An increasing incidence of antispermatozoal antibodies was observed with the duration of the disease irrespective of the test employed for their detection. No correlation between the number of erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) reactions and the incidence of antibodies could be demonstrated.</p>
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