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Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene mutations in infertile males with congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens.
The Tohoku journal of experimental medicine - 1 Dec 2005
Uzun Semire, Gökçe Sina, Wagner Klaus
Abstract excerpt
Congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD) is characterized by azoospermia and male infertility. Mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene are associated with cystic fibrosis (CF), the most common autosomal recessive disorder in Caucasians. Recent publications on CBAVD raised the question whether CFTR gene mutations are responsible for CBAVD occurrence or not....
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