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Mutation spectrum of the CFTR gene in Taiwanese patients with congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) - 1 Sept 2005
Wu Chien-Chih, Alper Ozgül M, Lu Jyh-Feng, Wang Song-Ping, Guo Li, Chiang Han-Sun, Wong Lee-Jun C
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BACKGROUND: Clinically affected cystic fibrosis (CF) patients present a spectrum of genital phenotypes ranging from normal fertility to moderately impaired spermatogenesis and congenital bilateral absence of vas deferens (CBAVD). Little is known about the CF incidence in the Taiwanese population. It has been shown that the CBAVD in men without clinical evidence of CF is associated with a high incidence of mutated...
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