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Lenzi A, Valesini G, Dondero F. Vasectomy: study of circulating
immune-complexes and its correlation with antisperm immunity
in man, with a twelve-month follow-up study. Andrologia
1985;17:158-65.
Abstract:
Circulating immune-complexes (CIC) have been detected in sera
of vasectomized subjects using the Clq Binding Assay. Results
seem to indicate that CIC are a feature of the early post-operative
period and a consequence of acute immunization against sperm
antigens. The progressive disappearance of CIC from the third
month after vasectomy with the simultaneous increase in antisperm
antibody percentage and titre suggests that CIC could be a
temporary feature in vasectomized men and do not lead to a
chronic disease, related to a Type III immune reaction
