Article
Evidence of mild respiratory disease in men with congenital absence of the vas deferens.
Respiratory medicine - 1 Dec 1999
Castellani C, Bonizzato A, Pradal U, Filicori M, Foresta C, La Sala G B, Mastella G
Abstract excerpt
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a severe disorder, whose main characteristics are, in addition to congenital absence of the vas deferens (CAVD), progressive lung disease, pancreatic insufficiency and elevated sweat chloride levels; CAVD without any other manifest clinical evidence is commonly suggested to be a form of CF with primarily genital expression. We undertook this study to test the hypothesis that men with a...
Topics
- Adult
- Chlorides
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Point Mutation
- Respiratory Tract Diseases
- Sweat
- Vas Deferens