Article
[The analysis of CFTR mutations in men with azoospermia, oligozoospermia and asthenozoospermia].
Ginekologia polska - 1 Aug 2007
Slezak Ryszard, Szczepaniak Małgorzata, Pasińska Magdalena, Czemarmazowicz Halina
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Mutations in cystic fibrosis transductance regulator gene (CFTR) are known to result in some forms of male infertility. An association between CFTR gene mutations and obstructive azoospermia in cystic fibrosis (CF) and in congenital unilateral and bilateral absence of vas deferens (CUAVD, CBAVD) has been proven. However, the role of CFTR gene mutations in the etiology of non-obstructive azoospermia,...
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