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SPERM-IMMOBILIZING, agglutinating and precipitating antibodies have been detected in the sera of animals injected with sperm or testis1. Scrutiny of the literature revealed no studies which considered the possibility that injections of sperm or testis could induce an anaphylactic response. The present study was undertaken to examine this possibility.
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KATSH, S. In vitro Demonstration of Uterine Anaphylaxis in Guinea Pigs sensitized with Homologous Testis or Sperm. Nature 180, 1047–1048 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1801047a0
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