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Congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens. A primarily genital form of cystic fibrosis.
JAMA - 1 Apr 1992
Anguiano A, Oates R D, Amos J A, Dean M, Gerrard B, Stewart C, Maher T A, White M B, Milunsky A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Almost all males with cystic fibrosis (CF) have absent vasa deferentia. It has been suggested that otherwise healthy males with congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD), previously considered a distinct genetic entity, have an increased frequency of CF gene mutations. This study examined the genetic commonality of these two disorders. DESIGN: We typed six common CF gene mutations in 25...
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