Prognosis of fertility in women with unexplained infertility and sperm agglutinins in the serum. 1984

P Rümke, and C N Renckens, and P D Bezemer, and N van Amstel

From 1967 to 1973 serum samples of 1709 infertile women were tested for antispermatozoal antibodies with the gelatin agglutination test. In 110 cases sperm agglutinins were demonstrated in titers ranging from 4 to 1024. The clinical data of 99 couples were evaluable, and in 65 there appeared to be unexplained infertility. Out of these 65 women, 44 became pregnant in the posttesting follow-up period of 6 to 13.5 years (median, 10 years). With increasing titers there was a significant decrease in the probability of becoming pregnant. Of the women who became pregnant, in general, those with higher titers had to wait longer for their pregnancy than those with lower titers. Moreover, with increasing titers there was a tendency toward a longer duration of infertility before the serum was tested. This latter observation supports the contention that the agglutinin titer influences the fecundability rate. The titers of those becoming pregnant and those remaining infertile, however, showed considerable overlap. Favorable results in the postcoital test were associated with a better prognosis, but this was independent of the titers.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007247 Infertility, Female Diminished or absent ability of a female to achieve conception. Sterility, Female,Sterility, Postpartum,Sub-Fertility, Female,Subfertility, Female,Female Infertility,Female Sterility,Female Sub-Fertility,Female Subfertility,Postpartum Sterility,Sub Fertility, Female
D008297 Male Males
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D011379 Prognosis A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations. Prognostic Factor,Prognostic Factors,Factor, Prognostic,Factors, Prognostic,Prognoses
D005260 Female Females
D005298 Fertility The capacity to conceive or to induce conception. It may refer to either the male or female. Fecundity,Below Replacement Fertility,Differential Fertility,Fecundability,Fertility Determinants,Fertility Incentives,Fertility Preferences,Fertility, Below Replacement,Marital Fertility,Natural Fertility,Subfecundity,World Fertility Survey,Determinant, Fertility,Determinants, Fertility,Fertility Determinant,Fertility Incentive,Fertility Preference,Fertility Survey, World,Fertility Surveys, World,Fertility, Differential,Fertility, Marital,Fertility, Natural,Preference, Fertility,Preferences, Fertility,Survey, World Fertility,Surveys, World Fertility,World Fertility Surveys
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000022 Abortion, Spontaneous Expulsion of the product of FERTILIZATION before completing the term of GESTATION and without deliberate interference. Abortion, Tubal,Early Pregnancy Loss,Miscarriage,Spontaneous Abortion,Abortions, Spontaneous,Abortions, Tubal,Early Pregnancy Losses,Loss, Early Pregnancy,Losses, Early Pregnancy,Miscarriages,Pregnancy Loss, Early,Pregnancy Losses, Early,Spontaneous Abortions,Tubal Abortion,Tubal Abortions
D000372 Agglutination Tests Tests that are dependent on the clumping of cells, microorganisms, or particles when mixed with specific antiserum. (From Stedman, 26th ed) Agglutination Test,Test, Agglutination,Tests, Agglutination
D000373 Agglutinins A substance that makes particles (such as bacteria or cells) stick together to form a clump or a mass. Agglutinin

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